Timeline for Word for a goal that is not being actively pursued
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| Sep 16, 2019 at 20:47 | comment | added | Xanne | It’s on the back burner. | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 20:14 | answer | added | RWB | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 17:05 | comment | added | user361733 | I've heard the term "stale goal," and the made-up affliction where one feels powerless in getting themselves to pursue their goals and can't help but continue to fail at them being called "stale-goal-itis." Those are unconventional, though. You won't find them in a dictionary. The word "abandoned" comes to mind, because we regularly refer to "abandoned New Year's resolutions," but that's not quite the same thing because you still have the goal but just can't seem to make yourself do anything about it, turning it into more of a wish or hope. Good luck getting your answer 👍. | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 16:59 | comment | added | Lawrence | On the contrary, "pipe dream" fits your sample sentence well. The 'not possible' idea refers to the combination of 'run a marathon' and 'almost never exercise', not to either element in isolation. | |
| Sep 16, 2019 at 16:58 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Considering how common the syntactically ungainly noun form a nice-to-have (something desirable, but not essential) is, I doubt there's an even more specific dedicated single-word term for desirable, but not so desirable as to justify making any effort to actually obtain. | |
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| Sep 16, 2019 at 16:48 | history | asked | Banks | CC BY-SA 4.0 |