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English translation: bosses who don't act like a boss should

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English term or phrase:nonbosses
Selected answer:bosses who don't act like a boss should
Entered by: Paula Vaz-Carreiro

15:53 Dec 10, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
English term or phrase: nonbosses
"incompetent bosses, abusive bosses, bullying bosses and nonbosses who neither praise nor put down..."

What is the meaning of nonboss ?
jomo
South Korea
Local time: 06:24
- see explanation below -
Explanation:
nonboss - a boss who is not really a boss; he is never there or he never does anything as a boss should

HTH

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Note added at 4 mins (2007-12-10 15:57:59 GMT)
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or who hasn't the authority a boss needs or a combination of all those.

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Note added at 6 mins (2007-12-10 15:59:52 GMT)
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in fact, it says there, a boss who never has a good word for a good job or a bad word for a bad job - both things a boss should do.
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Paula Vaz-Carreiro
Grading comment
Thank you very much !
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4 +9- see explanation below -
Paula Vaz-Carreiro
3 +6bosses who don't act like bosses
Marie-Hélène Hayles
4hands-off administrators
Refugio


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
nonboss
bosses who don't act like bosses


Explanation:
Given the context, I imagine it means people who are officially bosses but don't act like bosses (i.e. they don't act as they should be doing).

Marie-Hélène Hayles
Local time: 23:24
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much ! Your answer also helps.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro
2 mins
agree  Kirill Semenov
3 mins
agree  Mehmet Hascan
23 mins
agree  orientalhorizon
9 hrs
agree  Shirley Lao
12 hrs
agree  Patricia Townshend (X)
22 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
term
- see explanation below -


Explanation:
nonboss - a boss who is not really a boss; he is never there or he never does anything as a boss should

HTH

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Note added at 4 mins (2007-12-10 15:57:59 GMT)
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or who hasn't the authority a boss needs or a combination of all those.

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Note added at 6 mins (2007-12-10 15:59:52 GMT)
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in fact, it says there, a boss who never has a good word for a good job or a bad word for a bad job - both things a boss should do.

Paula Vaz-Carreiro
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you very much !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marie-Hélène Hayles: snap!
2 mins
  -> Thanks :-) I hadn't seen your answer even after adding notes!
agree  Krisztina Lelik
3 mins
  -> Thanks K. :-)
agree  kmtext: Yes, on all counts. They often have a much more capable assistant who fulfils their role or are quick to take credit for others' work.
6 mins
  -> Yeah :-) Thansk K.
agree  Mehmet Hascan
25 mins
  -> Thanks :-)
agree  V_Nedkov
26 mins
  -> Thanks :-)
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Marju :-)
agree  Alexander Litvinov: a boss that has or uses no authority, in the context: "neither praise nor put down..."
7 hrs
  -> Yes indeed. Thanks Alexander
agree  orientalhorizon
9 hrs
  -> Thanks O.
agree  Shirley Lao
12 hrs
  -> Thanks Shirley
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hands-off administrators


Explanation:
Those who delegate everything, never tell their employees what to do, and blame others when things fall apart. I had a school principal like that once. He had a sign on his closed office door: "A failure to plan on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part."

Refugio
Local time: 14:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 35
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Asker: Thank you very much !

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