bottom-up [bot-uh m-uhp] Examples adjective
- of, relating to, or originating with the common people, nonprofessionals, or the lower ranks of an organization: The five-day workweek was a bottom-up movement some business leaders and politicians finally supported.
Examples from the Web for bottom-up Contemporary Examples of bottom-up
But the bottom-up, community-centered union model that the CTU exemplifies refutes those claims.
Could Rahm Lose to This Infamous Union Leader?
Kathleen Geier
July 3, 2014
Now, because of bottom-up sources like Sina Weibo, this fundamental balance was starting to shift.
Matt Schiavenza
January 25, 2014
The lack of available candidates is a bottom-up problem, and not necessarily a top-down problem.
SNL’s Kenan Thompson and the Invisible Black Women of Comedy
Tricia Romano
October 17, 2013
At its core, the Republican Party is a bottom-up, anti-authoritarian working- and middle-class party.
Republicans Push Back as Rove Aims to Appoint Himself Kingmaker
Lloyd Green
February 10, 2013
Among those patterns is a tendency for attacks to be “bottom-up,” that is, not organized by the leader of a cohesive group.
Trying to Identify the Next Far-Right Extremist Before He Shoots
Eliza Shapiro
August 10, 2012
Historical Examples of bottom-up
It takes a long time to learn to fly on to a bottom-up bucket.
The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893
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The example of agriculture presents a bottom-up structure of pre-literate nature, based mainly on reaction.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
Mihai Nadin
Instead of the top- down model of politics, we can experience a combination of bottom-up and top-down procedures.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
Mihai Nadin
The bottom-up boat already had more men than it would hold and it was sinking.
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British Dictionary definitions for bottom-up bottom-up adjective
- from the lowest level of a hierarchy or process to the topa bottom-up approach to corporate decision-making