Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Question of the Day #1259

14 Ways Nonprofit Leaders Can Prevent ‘Mission Creep
From the headline of this article at Forbes.

  上記の文で、mission creepの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "mission creep" mean?

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解答

意味:
英辞郎によると、
〈米〉ミッション・クリープ、終わりの見えない展開◆本来は米軍事用語で任務を遂行する上で目標設定が明確でなく当初対象としていた範囲を拡大したり、いつ終わるか見通しが立たないまま人や物の投入を続けていかなくてはならなくなった政策を意味し批判的に使われる言葉
   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:
the gradual broadening of the original objectives of a mission or organization
 

Examples

  1. Expanding our objectives will only result in mission creep and huge amounts of extra expense.
  2. It is a case of mission creep gone wildly over the top.
  3. In the end, the case for staying is a case to wait for more mission creep. — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 16 Apr. 2021
  4. Over time, the risk of mission creep will rise, as will the temptation to invest in riskier assets. — The Economist, 28 Oct. 2017
  5. The pursuit of a decisive win by Ukraine and Putin’s decisive loss would constitute another example of mission creep. — Michael Krepon, Forbes, 2 May 2022
   

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