revolving door syndrome
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English
35
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A situation in which a person or group repeats a cycle of behaviors or experiences, usually with unsuccessful or undesirable results.
Uncountable
noun
A situation in which a person changes employers, perhaps more than once, switching between (a) employment with the government or with an organization having oversight authority and (b) employment with an organization regulated by or overseen by the other employer.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "[S]exual harassment, stereotyping, racism, ageism, and sexual preference discrimination . . . have led to situations such as glass ceilings, earnings gaps, and the revolving door syndromes."
- ""Unless this ‘revolving-door’ syndrome is dealt with, it will only lead to deterioration of the quality of staff, as you will continue to lose your best people," Banerjee wrote."
- ""At agencies, you have the revolving-door syndrome. We have a lot more stability here. . . . [W]e are able to attract and retain solid talent because Fidelity has a lot to offer in terms of benefits, stability.""
- "While many states have some form of assisted treatment on the books, the challenge remains in getting them to utilize what is at their disposal rather than tolerating the revolving-door syndrome of hospital admissions, readmissions, abandonment to the streets and incarceration that engulfs those not receiving treatment."
- "Prison reform and the rehabilitation of prisoners need to be part of the fight against crime, since it is critical that revolving door syndromes of criminality be arrested."
- "Homan said the revolving-door syndrome is particularly frustrating and she and others have been pushing for the repeat offenders to be prohibited from returning."