bureaucratic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy

   The bureaucratic behavior of the organization annoyed most people.

2. 2
   adj

   Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.

   [T. E.] Lawrence said that in the end he felt himself to be fighting not for the imperial British but for the rebellious Arabs. All too often he conflicted with British bureaucratic fustiness.

Etymology

Borrowed from French bureaucratique, from bureaucrate (“bureaucrat”) or bureaucratie (“bureaucracy”) + -ique (“-ic”), equivalent to bureaucrat + -ic or bureau + -cratic.