"air sandwich" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: air sandwiches [plural]
Etymology: (business strategy): Coined by Nilofer Merchant. Etymology templates: {{sense|business strategy}} (business strategy): Head templates: {{en-noun}} air sandwich (plural air sandwiches)
  1. (informal) A sandwich consisting only of bread and optionally a spread, but no filling. Tags: informal
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  2. (business, informal, derogatory) A strategy that has high-level direction and low-level operations, but little in the middle. Tags: derogatory, informal Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-air_sandwich-en-noun-e6WJa0UU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Topics: business

Inflected forms

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