laundry list
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An unrealistic list of skills, qualifications and experiences, as demanded by employers when hiring staff, or claimed by a candidate on a résumé.
Colloquial
Example Sentences
- "Learn how to make out a laundry list and to check it when the laundry comes home."
- "Among the laundry list of inconveniences most of us can't abide: cold coffee, airport delays, the high price of gasoline."
- "The senior Liberal Democrat, echoing the private views of other senior figures across parties, said a daily "laundry list" sent out by the party headquarters contributes to the "diminution of individual expression or even thought in politics" as politicians are expected to repeat a positive central message over and over again."
- "The MAGA masses are growing disillusioned with Justice Department officials who are failing to deliver damning information on a laundry list of hot-button issues — especially Jeffrey Epstein's suicide."