preminuted
/priːˈmɪnjʊtɪd/adjectiveVerified NewDescribing a meeting whose minutes record decisions settled before anyone convened.
The agenda is theater with a script; the "discussion" retro-justifies. Veterans can date a preminuted meeting by the absence of any question the chair could not already answer.
Etym. — pre- + minuted; the paper trail runs ahead of the event it purports to record.
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