think-tanked

adjective

Influenced by think tanks.

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of think-tank
adjectivethink-tanked (comparative more think-tanked, superlative most think-tanked)

comparative more think-tanked · superlative most think-tanked

  1. Influenced by think tanks.

    After that, we get a geek chorus of tenured and think-tanked intellectuals rushing forth to back him up.

    1997, Amir Muhammad, Kam Raslan, Sheryll Stothard, Generation: A Collection of Contemporary Malaysian Ideas, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    Temporarily O.S. TT is perhaps to be expected that our affluent and think-tanked society should be increasingly concerned with taxation.

    1973, The Bookseller - Issues 3530-3536, page 2116

    This is not always an easy question to answer in an increasingly time-clocked, think-tanked, buttoned-down world.

    2012, Gardner Dozois, Another World, →ISBN
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