siloed
adjective
si·loed
ˈsī-(ˌ)lōd 
: kept in isolation in a way that hinders communication and cooperation : separated or isolated in a silo (see silo entry 1 sense 3)
The top team at Mars [Inc.] was siloed and replete with unspoken agendas. Members did not see the benefit of working as a team; they were only concerned with the success of their own region.—
Howard M. Guttman
Howard M. GuttmanOccupy Wall Street brought previously siloed issues under a big tent and sowed the seeds of revolutionary change that have yet to bear fruit.—Nick Espinosa
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Crucially, this infrastructure must not remain siloed in ministries or multilateral organisations.
—London Business School, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Reviewers would need to review grants further outside their expertise; conflicts of interest would be more difficult to avoid; and scientists would be more siloed, reducing the exchange of knowledge and ideas.
—Monica Driscoll, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2025
Yet, even at these leading companies, critical customer insights often remain siloed, trapped inside individual conversations instead of being leveraged across teams.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Instead of enabling smart, fast decisions, HR has been buried under manual work, siloed tools and rigid processes that haven’t evolved with the pace of work.
—Maxime Legardez Coquin, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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London Business School, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Reviewers would need to review grants further outside their expertise; conflicts of interest would be more difficult to avoid; and scientists would be more siloed, reducing the exchange of knowledge and ideas.
—Monica Driscoll, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2025
Yet, even at these leading companies, critical customer insights often remain siloed, trapped inside individual conversations instead of being leveraged across teams.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
Instead of enabling smart, fast decisions, HR has been buried under manual work, siloed tools and rigid processes that haven’t evolved with the pace of work.
—Maxime Legardez Coquin, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Siloed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/siloed. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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