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   bureaucratic

   /ˌbjʊərəˈkratɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives: "well-established bureaucratic procedures" Similar administrativeofficialproceduralred-tapegovernmentalministerialstatecivicconstitutionalpoliticalrule-boundrigidinflexiblecomplicatedby the bookOpposite simplerelaxed
   • ▪ over-concerned with procedure at the expense of efficiency or common sense: "the scheme is overly bureaucratic and complex" Similar rule-boundrigidinflexiblecomplicatedby the bookOpposite simplerelaxed

   Derivatives

   • 1. bureaucratically adverb

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