administrivia

• Sammelbezeichnung für lästige, aber notwendige Routineaufgaben und verwaltungstechnische Kleinigkeiten, die bei der Leitung einer Organisation oder eines Systems anfallen.

A noun referring to the tiresome but essential details and routine tasks that must be handled in running an organization or system.

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1. Tedious administrative tasksC1informal

   The boring but necessary details and tasks involved in running an organization or project.

   Verwaltungsroutine

   • We spent the whole morning dealing with administrivia like filling out forms and updating spreadsheets.
   • Before we can start the creative work, we have to handle the administrivia first.
   • The meeting was mostly about administrivia, not the actual project goals.

   Synonymebusyworkpaperworkred tape