corporate anorexia

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noun

a condition or state in which a corporation has cut costs or employees to the point of endangering the business.

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Origin of corporate anorexia

First recorded in 1985–90

Words nearby corporate anorexia

corporal, Corporal of Horse, corporal punishment, corporal's guard, corporate, corporate anorexia, corporate culture, corporate governance, corporate image, corporate ladder, corporate manslaughter

How to use corporate anorexia in a sentence

For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It just goes to show you how much corporate America only thinks about the business side of it.
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange|Marlow Stern|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This leaves people with a history of anorexia and reduced bone density like me at high risk for fractures.
You’re Never ‘Cured’ of an Eating Disorder|Carrie Arnold|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The State Innovation Exchange, a Democratic group, has been set up to combat corporate-led right-wing organizations.
The Left’s Answer to ALEC|Ben Jacobs|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Full disclosure: The event was held at the headquarters of IAC, the corporate parent of The Daily Beast.
Joe Biden: ‘I’ll Kill Your Son’|Olivia Nuzzi|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Primarily the corporation should proceed against the directors, for the wrong is a corporate one.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
In many states a corporation need not use its corporate seal, any other may be substituted.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
However arbitrary, there are certain policies that regulate all well organized institutions and corporate bodies.
The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States|Martin R. Delany
Sir Robert founded his amendment on what had been the usual practice in enactments regarding corporate towns.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
Government had never intended to preclude itself from inquiring to what towns corporate powers should be extended.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan

British Dictionary definitions for corporate anorexia

corporate anorexia

noun

a malaise of a business organization resulting from making too many creative people redundant in efforts to cut costs

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