That number has been concertinaed to a great degree.
That would have concertinaed the process and would have led to a much shorter, crisper debate and could, perhaps, have resolved any outstanding issues.
Had the business not been concertinaed in such a way, the problems could have been avoided.
The second attribute was compaction, so termed because the paper was either rolled tightly or folded loosely (concertinaed).
