monolithic
C1CEFR level
40/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
Describing an organization that is large, rigid, and resistant to change.
Breaking the monolithic conglomerate into focused units was meant to speed up decision-making.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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