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(chiefly US, UK) Not in my backyard (in objection to an undesirable structure built locally). examples
plural nimbies or nimbys
(usually derogatory) Someone who objects to the building of an undesirable structure in their neighborhood, especially in public policy debate. examples
comparative more nimby, superlative most nimby
Not wanting to have to deal with unpleasant or distasteful things near them. quotations examples
[…] to be obvious exaggerations of the threats, but rather focused on critiquing the means employed—i.e., the various enforcement techniques that adversely affected innocent bystanders—and in a very nimby (not in my back yard) sort of way.
2010, Timothy J. Dunn, Blockading the Border and Human Rights, page 32