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laserlike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English laser Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English laserlike From laser + -like.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Resembling a laser.
   • In him [Garry Cook] was distilled the very essence of the modern football executive – the Nike heritage, the mad expansionism, the sense that a major part of Manchester City's future lay in energy drink retail, and of course the laserlike focus on "the product" that resulted in him occasionally saying Manchester United when he meant Manchester City. He was the Premier League's most bungling Sith. 2011 September 8, Marina Hyde, “Manchester City's Garry Cook – a man for football's crazy times”, in The Guardian:
   • He has a laserlike focus on the bottom line.

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