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humphrey's law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.99 in modern English

Syllables
humphrey's law
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The phenomenon where focusing on details of a task, which are normally done without thought, makes the task difficult.

Uncountable

Usage

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What does humphrey's law mean?
The phenomenon where focusing on details of a task, which are normally done without thought, makes the task difficult.

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