Consideration

This phrase has become a cliché. For this reason it has been necessary to invent the expression "under active consideration", which is itself on the way to becoming a cliché. It is an old civil service joke that "The matter is under consideration" means "We have lost the file", and "The matter is under active consideration" means "We are trying to find the file". These expressions should be avoided if possible, though it may sometimes be difficult to do without them.