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guineapig director

 
 
noun [C] MANAGEMENT

Definition

a director of a company who has been paid to take the position, but who does not take an active part in the business or know much about it: He is no guineapig director – he knows the business well and loves the job.
(Definition of guineapig director noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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