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KAIZEN
Etymology
Noun
kaizen (countable and uncountable, plural kaizens)
A Japanese business practice of continuous improvement in performance and productivity.
(by extension) Continuous improvement generally.
Verb
kaizen (third-person singular simple present kaizens, present participle kaizening, simple past and past participle kaizened)
(transitive, business) To apply continuous improvement to (a task, or the worker who performs it).
Source: Wiktionary
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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