rigamarole
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- noun
- /ˈrɪɡəˌmɔːrɪl/
- Informal
:
trámite
- After the unnecessary rigamarole, we finally completed the simple task without any issues.
Examples
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The whole rigamarole of organizing the event took much longer than we had anticipated.
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Yeah, it's all "rigamarole" with you, mister.
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I know, I am caterwauling about something that many deal with without all the rigamarole.
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I heard a story about someone who had to go to great lengths to get manual windows on a new pickup truck; special order rigamarole was required.
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The rigamarole gave the illusion that there were meaningful choices to be made in what was essentially a nationwide raffle.
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There is absolutely no way Augusta National would ever succumb to any sort of "admit our CEO or we leave" type of rigamarole from IBM.
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That's one reason why the book is shorn of the rigamarole and regalia of biography.
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I didn't want to deal with the long rigamarole of filling out all those forms at the bank.
Synonyms
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A long confusing process that seems pointless
A system with complicated rules and many steps that make things hard to follow
Antonyms
How Complicated
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rigamarole is easy to remember if you think of the old Ragman Roll, a very long paper roll full of names and official notes that looked confusing and needless. So a rigamarole means a long, complicated, and often pointless set of steps or story.