盲めくら判ばん

noun

rubber-stamping; approving without reading

Refers to the act of approving a document or proposal without properly examining its contents, like a blind person stamping a seal. The term めくら is now considered a sensitive word; in formal contexts, alternatives such as 無審査承認 or 形式的承認 may be preferred.

• 重じゅう要ような書しょ類るいなのに、上じょう司しは盲めくら判ばんを押おしただけだった。

  Even though it was an important document, the boss just rubber-stamped it.

• 議ぎ会かいでは、法ほう案あんが盲めくら判ばんで通とおされることが問もん題だい視しされている。

  In the assembly, the fact that bills are passed by rubber-stamping is seen as a problem.