as in governmental
of, relating to, or like a nonelective government official or body of government officials
a bureaucratic institution bureaucratic procedures
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Recent Examples of bureaucratic
Such equipment also provided a way around the bureaucratic and organizational challenges of production in China.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 May 2025
Others brushed it off as a typical bureaucratic move and said the mayor and school board are acting within their rights.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
Friend is way too casual, sister too simple, Emergency Contact too bureaucratic.
—Domenica Ruta, People.com, 9 May 2025
Today, the same royal corridors that once housed Queen Henrietta Maria, bureaucratic offices like the Pipe Office and the Office of the Duchy of Cornwall are now hubs of imagination, equity, and storytelling.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 May 2025
Others brushed it off as a typical bureaucratic move and said the mayor and school board are acting within their rights.
—Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
Friend is way too casual, sister too simple, Emergency Contact too bureaucratic.
—Domenica Ruta, People.com, 9 May 2025
Today, the same royal corridors that once housed Queen Henrietta Maria, bureaucratic offices like the Pipe Office and the Office of the Duchy of Cornwall are now hubs of imagination, equity, and storytelling.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bureaucratic
Adjective
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The scandal took place just months before the Oct 3-4 parliamentary election.—
Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports,
Arkansas Online,
31 May 2025
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This lamentable record is spurring calls to amend the constitution from the current single five-year term to two terms, as well as perhaps holding parliamentary elections at the same time as presidential to avoid the executive and legislature being constantly at odds with each other.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Used over six centuries from roughly 2000 B.C. until 1450 B.C., the Minoan palaces were the main administrative, economic, religious and ideological centers of Crete, says Christakis.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency has cut as many as 120,000 federal jobs but many workers have been placed on administrative leave, leaving them on U.S. payrolls pending court cases, Morgan Stanley said in a report.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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“Bureaucratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bureaucratic. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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