Usually means: Opposes local development, supports elsewhere.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word nimby:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. nimby: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. NIMBY, NIMBY: Merriam-Webster
  3. Nimby: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. NIMBY: The Word Spy
  5. NIMBY: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  6. NIMBY: Collins English Dictionary
  7. NIMBY: Vocabulary.com
  8. Nimby, nimby: Wordnik
  9. Nimby, nimby: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  10. NIMBY, nimby: Wiktionary
  11. NIMBY: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. NIMBY: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. NIMBY: Dictionary.com
  14. nimby: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. NIMBY: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Nimby: Rhymezone
  17. NIMBY: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. nimby: FreeDictionary.org
  19. nimby: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Nimby: The Word Detective
  21. NIMBY: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. BuzzWhack (No longer online)
  2. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  3. NIMBY: Financial dictionary
  4. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. NIMBY: Netlingo
  2. NIMBY: CCI Computer
  3. SMS Dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. NIMBY: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nimby: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. 2060 Shadow-Slang (No longer online)

(Note: See nimbys as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (usually derogatory) Someone who objects to the building of an undesirable structure in their neighborhood, especially in public policy debate.
adjective:  Not wanting to have to deal with unpleasant or distasteful things near them.
noun:  (uncountable) Opposition to something deemed harmful or unpleasant being located in one's own neighborhood.
noun:  (countable) Synonym of nimby
adjective:  Synonym of nimby

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