形けい骸がい化か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

becoming a mere shell; losing substance; reduced to a formality

Describes a system, rule, organization, or concept that has lost its original meaning or effectiveness and exists only in outward form. Often used in critical or analytical contexts.

• その制せい度どは形けい骸がい化かしていて、実じっ質しつ的てきな意い味みを失うしなっている。

  That system has become a mere shell and has lost its real meaning.

• 会かい議ぎが形けい骸がい化かしないように、定てい期き的てきに目もく的てきを見み直なおす必ひつ要ようがある。

  To prevent meetings from becoming a dead letter, we need to regularly review their purpose.