usual (redirected from usualness)

business as usual

a situation that has returned to its usual state again after an unpleasant or surprising event. It was business as usual at the school yesterday only a month after the fire.

See also: business

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as usual

in the ordinary or expected way. As usual, she was wearing jeans. He was wrong about the time, as usual, and so we missed the first part of the concert.

business as usual

doing everything in the ordinary way. Serious problems such as depression can make business as usual impossible for most people. She says we have to deal with the AIDS epidemic because business as usual is killing too many people.

See also: business