oversighthollow
/ˈəʊvəsaɪtˌhɒləʊ/nounVerified NewAn oversight body that retains its forms — hearings, reports, letterhead — while its function has been emptied.
It meets, questions, and finds nothing, reliably. The hollow rings loudest in its annual "lessons learned."
Etym. — oversight + hollow. Five syllables; kept because the pair states the diagnosis in two plain parts.
Rel. — commissioncrypt
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