Undesked

//ʌnˈdɛskt// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not having a desk; without a desk.

    "Also, a number of high-end hotels are improving customer service by experimenting with undesked staff who can check guests in in the lobby, parking lot, or conference room […]"

  2. 2
    Not having been looked at or sub-edited by a desk-based journalist.

    "I can only think of a small handful of journalists who blog direct to the web without being either desked or subbed first. We don't publish news stories undesked and although our journalists can publish pictures direct to blogs, they rarely do."

Example

More examples

"Also, a number of high-end hotels are improving customer service by experimenting with undesked staff who can check guests in in the lobby, parking lot, or conference room […]"

Etymology

From un- + desked.

Related phrases

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