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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First Known Use: 1899

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