ad hockery

noun

ad hock·ery | \ˈad-ˈhäk-ə-rē,

-ˈhōk-;ˈäd-ˈhōk-\

variants: or ad hocery

Definition of ad hockery

: ad hocism Panetta has been most anxious to get away from the ad hockery that had characterized so much White House business.— Elizabeth Drew, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 1994

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