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| News | Definition of 'consult' and 'consultation fatigue' | |
| Earlier news | Robert Cowan's book The Dictionary of Urbanism, published by Streetwise Press £29.95, has the following quotations: consult (verb) 'To seek another's approval of a course already decided on,' according to Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary (published 1896-1906) consultation fatigue An unwillingness of people to respond to being consulted, usually due to past experience of being consulted with no noticeable effect.... From Civic Focus |