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Jake Rossen

The 10 most hated business buzzwords

Business people have a meeting in a tech start-up office Getty Images/Compassionate Eye Foundation/Gary Burchell

If you've ever tried to give "110 percent" to a task, chances are you've worked in an office. In the workplace, employees and supervisors tend to speak a distinctive kind of corporate jargon that can sound like a lot while meaning very little. These buzzwords can appear in emails, in meetings, and in conversations.

Recently, language learning site Preply.com surveyed more than 1,500 Americans who worked in an office setting either in-person or remotely to find out which words and phrases most rankled them. See if you agree.

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