rubberstamp
Definition
- Verb:
- To approve automatically or without proper consideration: To give official authorization or consent in a routine, uncritical, or perfunctory manner.
- To stamp with a rubber stamp: To physically mark a document with an inked rubber stamp, typically as an indication of official approval.
Usage Examples
- Verb (Approve automatically):
- The committee was expected to rubberstamp the proposal without debate.
- He accused the council of simply rubberstamping the developer's plans.
- Verb (Stamp physically):
- The customs officer will rubberstamp your passport upon entry.
- Please have the form rubberstamped by the department head.
Advanced Usage
- Used figuratively: Often implies a lack of independent judgment or scrutiny.
- The board doesn't review the details; they just rubberstamp whatever the CEO proposes.
- Used as a modifier: Describes a process or body that gives automatic approval.
- The new law turned the committee into a mere rubberstamp body.
Variants and Related Words
- Rubber stamp (noun): 1. A physical stamp made of rubber. 2. A person or group that gives automatic approval.
- Noun (Physical object): He reached for his rubber stamp and ink pad.
- Noun (Person/Group): The parliament was seen as a rubber stamp for the president's decrees.
Synonyms
- Approve formally: Endorse, authorize, sanction.
- Approve automatically: Automate, okay perfunctorily.
Related Phrases
- To give the rubber stamp to something: To grant official, often automatic, approval to something.
- The final step is to give the rubber stamp to the budget.
Verb
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approve automatically
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stamp with a rubber stamp, usually an indication of official approval on a document
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