nimby

Meaning of nimby

noun
  1. (usually derogatory) Someone who objects to the building of an undesirable structure in their neighborhood, especially in public policy debate.
    fiscally conservative green (as in money) nimbies (may object to the building of anything which may decrease preexisting property values)
adjective
  1. Not wanting to have to deal with unpleasant or distasteful things near them.
    Their vote against measures to help refugees has been perceived by the socially conscious margin of society as a typically nimby attitude.

Information about nimby

  • The plural form of nimby is: nimbys.
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Hyphenation of nimby

nimby

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • nimby is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with nimby

limby, Nimby, arrimby, Quimby

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