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goalish

adj

Etymology

From goal + -ish.

  1. derived from *gailō✻ — “crevice, gap”
  2. derived from *gailu✻
  3. inherited from *gāl✻ — “obstacle, barrier, marker”
  4. inherited from gol — “boundary, limit”
  5. suffixed as goalish — “goal + ish”

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or similar to a goal or goals.

    • Thus, today, even if the objective does seem "goalish," the supervisor assumes the problem inherent in trying to "accomplish" that goal will become clear to the librarian as the action plan evolves […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for goalish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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