bureaucracy
US /bjʊˈrɑ:krəsi/
・UK /bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi/
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n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)Governing system with many rules and officials
The progress of the law case was slowed by the bureaucracy
n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)A system of government or business administration containing many departments, administrators, and complicated rules.
The company is stifled by bureaucracy.
n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)The administrative system of a large organization, especially one that is government-run; administration characterized by excessive red tape and routine.
We need to cut through the bureaucracy and get the decision made.
n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)The officials in such a system, especially those considered to be excessively concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of efficiency or common sense.
The bureaucracy was resistant to change.
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The Learning Organization: Is Your Company Ready for the Future?
- This reduces bureaucracy, authority and corruption.
This reduces bureaucracy, authority and corruption.
- This reduces bureaucracy, authority, and corruption.
This reduces bureaucracy, authority, and corruption.
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- President Trump also signed sweeping executive orders to end the weaponization of government and restore common sense to the federal bureaucracy.
President Trump also signed sweeping executive orders to end the weaponization of government and restore common sense to the federal bureaucracy.
- President Trump also signed sweeping executive orders to end the weaponization of government and restore common sense to the federal bureaucracy.
President Trump also signed sweeping executive orders to end the weaponization of government and restore common sense to the federal bureaucracy.
How J.P. Morgan Won the Banking Wars
- The first was to cut costs and bureaucracy.
The first was to cut costs and bureaucracy.
- The first was to cut costs and bureaucracy.
The first was to cut costs and bureaucracy.
187,130 Doctors Short 📉 (What This Means for Future Docs)
- This wasn't what she signed up for, she wanted to care for people, not be worn down by the tedious minutiae of a bureaucracy in shambles.
This wasn't what she signed up for, she wanted to care for people, not be worn down by the tedious minutiae of a bureaucracy in shambles.
- she wanted to care for people, not be worn down by the tedious minutiae of a bureaucracy in shambles.
she wanted to care for people, not be worn down by the tedious minutiae of a bureaucracy in shambles.
5 Secret Perks of Becoming a Doctor Nobody Talks About 🤫
- While your non-medical friends and family members spend hours on hold with insurance companies or accept whatever their medical office tells them without question, you can cut through the bureaucracy and advocate effectively for yourself and your family.
While your non-medical friends and family members spend hours on hold with insurance companies or accept whatever their medical office tells them without question, you can cut through the bureaucracy and advocate effectively for yourself and your family.
- While your non-medical friends and family members spend hours on hold with insurance companies or accept whatever their medical office tells them without question, you can cut through the bureaucracy and advocate effectively for yourself and your family.
While your non-medical friends and family members spend hours on hold with insurance companies or accept whatever their medical office tells them without question, you can cut through the bureaucracy and advocate effectively for yourself and your family.
Words for IELTS Writing 1/10 (2018)
- say government regulations often beget more bureaucracy red tape and
say government regulations often beget more bureaucracy red tape and
- quite common or widespread often cause bureaucracy and we're upgrading it for
quite common or widespread often cause bureaucracy and we're upgrading it for
Facebook Town Hall with President Obama
- That'll never work because it's government imposed and it's bureaucracy and it's government takeover and they're death panels." And I still don't entirely understand the whole death panel concept.
That'll never work because it's government imposed and it's bureaucracy and it's government takeover and they're death panels." And I still don't entirely understand the whole death panel concept.
- bureaucracy and it's government takeover and there are death panels.
bureaucracy and it's government takeover and there are death panels.
China Changes One-Child Policy to Two-Child Policy | China Uncensored
- It's unevenly implemented through a massive bureaucracy.
It's unevenly implemented through a massive bureaucracy.
- It's unevenly implemented through a massive bureaucracy.
It's unevenly implemented through a massive bureaucracy.
Universal Basic Income | Pros and Cons | UBI
- The UBI is considered to be one of the simplest tax models that can reduce bureaucracy.
The UBI is considered to be one of the simplest tax models that can reduce bureaucracy.
- The UBI is considered to be one of the simplest
tax models that can reduce bureaucracy.
The UBI is considered to be one of the simplest tax models that can reduce bureaucracy.
Why German business is losing faith in politics | DW News
- And going to that point, this was supposed to be a period of reforms that could help business conditions for social spending, for energy prices, for bureaucracy.
And going to that point, this was supposed to be a period of reforms that could help business conditions for social spending, for energy prices, for bureaucracy.
- This was supposed to be a period of reforms that could help business conditions, for social spending, for energy prices, for bureaucracy.
This was supposed to be a period of reforms that could help business conditions, for social spending, for energy prices, for bureaucracy.