stovepipe
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8.6
- noun
- /ˈstoʊvˌpaɪp/
- Jargon
:
silo
- It appears to this observer that, unfortunately, Mr. Lehrer developed his approach and content in a stovepipe without collaboration with his PBS peers.
Examples
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Information sharing should not be unduly limited, since erecting barriers to sharing creates stovepipes of information that might be helpful or even necessary to other agencies.
Blog text (14) -
Their apps and their OSs are very much stovepipe driven.
Blog text (13) -
Military intelligence organizations and law enforcement agencies tend to build nearly impenetrable "stovepipes" to protect their information.
Academic text (2006) -
"The central task before the war was not planning per se, but integration of plans: "What had happened was the planning; I guess most of it started in October 2002, but they were all done in the vertical stovepipes of those agencies?
Academic text (2013) -
Her part in this looming disaster was to support the stovepipe with the broom while I, from the convenience of a stepstool, directed the five lengths of pipe into the chimney hole.
Fiction book (1994) -
In the absence of authority to mandate cross-functional execution, activities are usually carried out by agencies that form—and then operate within—stovepipes.
Academic text (2013) -
There at the bottom, new bought Levi's are always a mile too long for Charlie Doig, but he rolls them up into stovepipe cuffs, as if defiantly declaring he fills out a pair of pants in every way that really counts.
Fiction book (1993) -
The lack of communication between departments creates a stovepipe effect that hampers productivity.
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In many companies, different teams operate in stovepipes, leading to duplicated efforts and wasted resources.
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The research was hindered because various divisions worked in stovepipes, sharing little information with one another.
Synonyms
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9.9
A way of keeping information in separate computer systems so people must switch between them
Antonyms
Idioms
- Jargon
A plan or idea that cannot move forward because a strict office process delays decisions
Compounds
- Archaic
1
9.6
A tall hat with straight sides that people wear with formal clothes in the 1800s
How Isolated
- Jargon
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6.8
- Jargon
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8.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stovepipe used for an isolated team is a helpful picture: think of a stove's straight pipe that goes up and does not connect sideways, so a 'stovepipe' group keeps information only inside itself and does not 'share' with others, which explains the word's meaning.