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box-ticking

box-ticking

English

Noun

box-ticking (uncountable)

  1. (Britain) The completion of a form containing multiple-choice questions in which one or more boxes need to be ticked by way of an answer.

Usage notes

  • This term is somewhat derisive, and is used especially in reference to bureaucratic processes thought to have little practical use.