0 Joined-up writing has each letter in a word connected to the next one:
[ before noun ] My daughter is just starting to learn how to do joined-up writing at school.
1 if ideas or parts of a system are joined-up, they work together in a useful and effective way:
Sentences include not only joined-up within the same word, but also different words joined to one another.
In regard to policy implementation, the talk is of joined-up government, a mixed economy of welfare and policy outputs.
First, most prescriptions are usually hand-written in joined-up writing (see the appendix).
If there were ever a case for collegiality and joined-up government, it is here, in the custodianship and disposal of public assets.
I concur with their pleas for a joined-up approach, for joined-up major routes and joined-up cycle routes that do not fizzle out at borough borders.
Instead, what is really needed is joined-up reasoning and realism: today, our priority is giving work to our citizens!
If we are to enjoy so-called joined-up government in years to come, housing costs must be addressed collectively.
I am reluctant to use the phrase "joined-up government"—it seems to cause mirth—but that is what is needed.
