bureaucratic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Relating to complicated official rules and procedures, often seen as slow or unnecessary.

   Getting the permit involved months of bureaucratic delays and endless forms.

Common collocations

• bureaucratic procedure Adjective + noun
• bureaucratic nightmare Adjective + noun

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

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