undesked

English

Etymology

un- +‎ desked

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈdɛskt/

Adjective

undesked (comparative more undesked, superlative most undesked)

1. Not having a desk; without a desk.
   • 2007, Mehdi Khosrowpour et al., Web Technologies for Commerce and Services Online, Idea Group, page 215:

     Also, a number of high-end hotels are improving customer service by experimenting with undesked staff who can check guests in in the lobby, parking lot, or conference room […]

2. (journalism) Not having been looked at or sub-edited by a desk-based journalist.
   • 2009 February 16, Siobhan Butterworth, ‘Open Door’, The Guardian:

     I can only think of a small handful of journalists who blog direct to the web without being either desked or subbed first. We don't publish news stories undesked and although our journalists can publish pictures direct to blogs, they rarely do.

Anagrams

• duskened