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higher-up

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There is so much freakin' incompetence because people who are not qualified are put in position just as a result of being related to some higher-up. This corruption is also transmitted to offspring.

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one of greater rank or station or quality

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noun

one of greater rank or station or quality

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Example sentences

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There is so much freakin' incompetence because people who are not qualified are put in position just as a result of being related to some higher-up. This corruption is also transmitted to offspring.

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What followed was several weeks of escalation and meetings with higher-up execs trying to convince me to stay with the company, explaining their idea of where the division was headed. The problem was that everyone literally had a different idea of what that was.

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How do you use higher-up in a sentence?

There is so much freakin' incompetence because people who are not qualified are put in position just as a result of being related to some higher-up. This corruption is also transmitted to offspring.

What does higher-up mean?

one of greater rank or station or quality

What part of speech is higher-up?

higher-up is commonly used as noun.