English Explanatory Dictionary

a camel is a horse designed by a committee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. Too many people on one project can spoil it by having conflicting or inexperienced ideas.

Word forms

a camel is a horse designed by a committee a camel is a horse designed by committee a camel is a horse made by a committee a camel is a horse made by committee

Etymology

The distinguishing features of a camel, like its humps, plate-shaped feet, habitual spitting, strange shape and poor temperament, can be seen as the sort of deformities that typify the sort of ideas that committees come up with that make projects bad.

Related words

by committee too many cooks spoil the broth
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