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bureaucratic

/ˌbjʊɹəˈkɹætɪk/

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What does bureaucratic mean?

adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.

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/ˌbjʊɹəˈkɹætɪk/

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Privatization of state enterprises is progressing, although excessive red tape, bureaucratic oversight, and uncertainties about pricing have slowed the process.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1993 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #87
Under a bureaucratic State Socialism it is to be feared that science would soon cease to be progressive and acquired a medieval respect for authority.
Bertrand RussellProposed Roads to FreedomProject Gutenberg ebook #690
More book examples (3)
But she cannot be expected to endure anything like this universal duty if she is also to endure the direct cruelty of competitive or bureaucratic toil.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonWhat's Wrong with the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #1717
While in the midst of this bureaucratic house-cleaning he met Hubbard, who had just been appointed by President Hayes as the head of a commission on mail transportation.
Herbert Newton CassonThe History of the TelephoneProject Gutenberg ebook #819
But our criminological statistic is rarely examined with such thoroughness; the tenor of such examination is far too bureaucratic and determined by the statutes and the process of law.
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320