What does cut corners mean?

Definitions for cut corners
cut cor·ners

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cut cornersverb

    do something the cheapest or easiest way

    "Cut corners to make a cheaper product"

Wiktionary

  1. cut cornersverb

    To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road.

  2. cut cornersverb

    To do a less than thorough or complete job; to do something poorly or take short cuts.

ChatGPT

  1. cut corners

    Cutting corners refers to the act of taking shortcuts, bypassing necessary procedures, or reducing quality or standards in order to save time or money, often leading to sub-optimal outcomes.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cut corners in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cut corners in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of cut corners in a Sentence

  1. Fergus Cullen:

    In the past candidates in who have campaigned in traditional way with town halls and house parties have been rewarded by voters and candidates who cut corners and just give big speeches suffer, but in this cycle, voters don't seem to be punishing Ben Carson and Donald Trump who have hardly done any traditional campaigning at all. The candidates who are wearing out their shoes aren't really getting credit.

  2. Thomas Steinemann:

    This is not the time to cut corners, always wash your hands, always use hand sanitizer. Don't touch your face. Don't rub your eye. Right ? And disinfect your contact lenses.

  3. Ashish Pujari:

    China's growth in the chemicals industry has been extremely rapid in the last 15 years or so. It's grown from being a major importer to being a major producer of almost every single petrochemical you can think of today, there are producers who are known to cut corners, in terms of regulation. There are very blatant examples of people constructing plants and almost getting into production even before the whole project has been approved.

  4. Brenda Mallory.Jan Hasselman:

    If they cut corners on the environmental analysis, this guidance would give us a yardstick to hold up to what the agencies did and argued they have n’t gone far enough.

  5. Stephen Hahn:

    We will not cut corners in our decision making.


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