Prescandal

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Before a scandal. not-comparable

    "But the pace, so far, is significantly slower than in the prescandal days of 2005, when Congress financed more than 15,000 pet projects, by some estimates, totaling more than $30 billion."

Example

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"But the pace, so far, is significantly slower than in the prescandal days of 2005, when Congress financed more than 15,000 pet projects, by some estimates, totaling more than $30 billion."

Etymology

From pre- + scandal.

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