lost in the shuffle

phrase

Definitions

  1. Failing to stand out or receive attention as a result of a larger-scale change or…

    Failing to stand out or receive attention as a result of a larger-scale change or transformation.

    • We have allowed ourselves to be "lost in the shuffle" of American priorities in the '70s, but we should never lose sight of ourselves and our goals as our priorities.
    • We get lost in the shuffle, and in the end we don't even know that we have needs - much less know what these needs might be.
    • That's the way things happen in AIDS Action. The Board makes a very clear mandate and then whatever the executive director and senior staff feel should happen is what actually happens...and the Board action gets lost in the shuffle.

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Vish — recursive loop

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

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