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   bu·reau·crat·ic

   /ˌbyo͝orəˌkradik/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the business of running an organization, or government: "well-established bureaucratic procedures" Similar administrativeofficialproceduralred-tapegovernmentalministerialstatecivicconstitutionalpoliticalrule-boundrigidinflexiblecomplicatedby the bookOpposite simplerelaxed
   • ▪ overly concerned with procedure at the expense of efficiency or common sense: "the plan is overly bureaucratic and complex" Similar rule-boundrigidinflexiblecomplicatedby the bookOpposite simplerelaxed

   Derivatives

   • 1. bureaucratically adverb

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