bottleneck
/ˈbɑtəɫˌnɛk/
a point of congestion in a system that slows down the overall process
bottleneck in a sentence
“The approval process became a bottleneck for the entire project.”
Origin of bottleneck
Visual metaphor from the narrow neck of a bottle restricting flow
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