Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dilbertian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dil-ber-tian
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to, or reminiscent of, Dilbert, a satirical American comic strip about a micromanaged white-collar office worker surrounded by ineptitude and corruption.

Example Sentences

"Thus do the Dilbertian wars commence. Well-meaning engineers and project leaders try to bankrupt the company, while I try to sabotage their programs."
"Common numbers like distances would never be expressed in megameters or nanomiles — it would bring us too close to the Dilbertian world of pocket protectors and calculator holsters."

Etymology

From Dilbert + -ian.

Inflected Forms

more Dilbertian (comparative) most Dilbertian (superlative)

Synonyms

Dilbertesque

Questions

What does dilbertian mean?: Relating to, or reminiscent of, Dilbert, a satirical American comic strip about a micromanaged white-collar office worker surrounded by ineptitude and corruption.
Where does dilbertian come from?: From Dilbert + -ian.

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