roundabout vs systemic

roundabout

adj
  • Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary. 

  • Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive. 

noun
  • A horizontal wheel which rotates around a central axis when pushed and on which children ride, often found in parks as a children's play apparatus. 

  • A fairground carousel. 

  • A detour. 

  • A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century. 

  • A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island. 

verb
  • To play on a roundabout (carousel) 

  • To travel round roundabouts 

  • To talk in a roundabout, indirect manner 

systemic

adj
  • Pertaining to an entire organism. 

  • Embedded within and spread throughout and affecting a whole system, group, body, economy, market, or society. 

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