a cog in a/the machine
disapprovingDefinition
› a member of a large organization whose job, although necessary, makes them feel as if they are not important: I decided to set up my own business because I was tired of just being a cog in a machine.People of little importance
(Definition of a cog in a/the machine from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be past your sell-by date idiom
- cannon fodder noun
- Cinderella noun
- lightweight noun (NOT SERIOUS)
- mediocrity noun
- minnow noun (PERSON/ORGANIZATION)
- nobody noun
- nothing noun
- pawn noun (GAME PIECE)
- pipsqueak noun
- plaything noun
- poor relation idiom
- pygmy noun
- small fry noun
- unknown noun
- waste of space idiom
- waster noun
- worm noun
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