nimbyist
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2ADJ.
dismal, urban
NIMBYIST + NOUN
mismanagement
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noun
Synonym of nimby.
It has overcome the nimbyists and the naysayers to build a successful airline operation.
adj
Synonym of nimby.
adj
Alternative letter-case form of nimby.
It was another chapter in a dismal saga of Nimbyist urban mismanagement that is crushing American cities. Not-in-my-backyardism is a bipartisan sentiment, but because the largest American cities are populated and run by Democrats — many in states under complete Democratic control — this sort of nakedly exclusionary urban restrictionism is a particular shame of the left.
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2It has overcome the nimbyists and the naysayers to build a successful airline operation.
WiktionaryIt was another chapter in a dismal saga of Nimbyist urban mismanagement that is crushing American cities. Not-in-my-backyardism is a bipartisan sentiment, but because the largest American cities are p
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