Meaning & use
Bottlenecking
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Causing a slowdown or restriction in a process or flow, as traffic, production, or information does when forced through a narrow point.
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The single checkout lane was bottlenecking the whole store during the sale.
Poor communication between departments kept bottlenecking the project's progress.
A note on using this word
The term comes from the narrow neck of a bottle, which restricts how quickly liquid can flow out compared to the wider body.
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streamliningexpediting
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