scheduling conflict
Overlapping commitment problem
A scheduling conflict occurs when two or more commitments overlap in time, making it impossible to attend both: I can't make the meeting—I have a scheduling conflict.
The phrase often serves as a polite, vague excuse for declining invitations without revealing the competing obligation or one's priorities.
- overlapPartial coincidence of coverage
- double-bookedCommitted to conflicting times
- calendarDate-tracking system
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- timingArt of choosing moments
meeting · appointment · commitment · juggling · move things around · busy · unavailable · can't make it · something came up · cancellation · priority · deadline · time crunch · postpone · tentative · crunch · squeeze · shuffle
- work problemslayoff, firing, low pay, burnout, deadline pressure
- court delayscontinuance, postponement, adjournment, stay, extension
- workplace disputesgrievance, complaint, wrongful termination, wrongful dismissal, unfair dismissal
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- mistakesmistake, mistakes, slip, error, errors
- white liesfine thanks, happy to help, my pleasure, no trouble, love it
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