hot-desking
adjective C2
Plain meaning
a work system where employees use any available desk rather than a fixed one
Exam-register meaning
In formal or high-level texts, it is used to describe a work system where employees use any available desk rather than a fixed one, often with a precise or specialised tone.
In context
naturalHis response sounded hot-desking, so the conversation became difficult.
examThe passage presents a hot-desking assessment of the policy’s wider consequences.
Common collocations
a hot-desking responsehot-desking behavioura hot-desking situation
Watch out
Do not use “very hot-desking” automatically; some advanced adjectives already carry a strong meaning or need a more natural intensifier.
Word family
hot (deskingness (noun, where natural))hot (deskingly (adverb, where natural))