pen pusher

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Definition of pen pusher in English English dictionary: someone who has a boring unimportant job in an office; A person who performs routine office work, involving mainly paperwork
Investors may have a lopsided view of the company’s reputation simply because an uncaring pen pusher in the finance department responded lethargically to an investor’s query.; disapproval If you call someone a pen-pusher, you mean that their work consists of writing or dealing with documents, and does not seem very useful or important. As a result, industry was overmanned and pen-pushers were everywhere. = bureaucrat
penpusher: a clerk who does boring paperwork

pen pusher

Hyphenation

pen push·er

pen pûşır

/ˈpen ˈpo͝osʜər/ /ˈpɛn ˈpʊʃɜr/

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