"box-ticking" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} box-ticking (uncountable)
  1. (British) The completion of a form containing multiple-choice questions in which one or more boxes need to be ticked by way of an answer. Tags: British, uncountable
    Sense id: en-box-ticking-en-noun-KjGrgikW Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. (British, figurative, by extension) Completion of bureaucratic processes of little practical use. Tags: British, broadly, figuratively, uncountable Synonyms: box-checking
    Sense id: en-box-ticking-en-noun-PYf8oZhl Categories (other): British English
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