bureaucratic

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bu·reau·crat

(byo͝or′ə-krăt′)

1. An official of a bureaucracy.

2. An official who is rigidly devoted to the details of administrative procedure.

bu′reau·crat′ic adj.

bu′reau·crat′i·cal·ly adv.

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bureaucratic

(ˌbjʊərəˈkrætɪk)

adj

of or relating to bureaucrats; characterized by bureaucracy

ˌbureauˈcratically adv

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Adj.

bureaucratic - of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy; "his bureaucratic behavior annoyed his colleagues"; "a bureaucratic nightmare"

bureaucratic

adjective

1. administrative, political, official, ministerial, governmental, red-tape The school is free from bureaucratic control.

2. rigid, complex, strict, stringent, uncompromising, unadaptable The GPs complain that the system has become too bureaucratic.

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Translations

بيروقراطي

byrokratický

bureaukratisk

bürokratisch

burocrático

bureaucratique

bürokratikus

skrifstofustjórnkerfis-; skrifræîis-

byrokratický

bureaucratic

[ˌbjʊərəʊˈkrætɪk] ADJ → burocrático

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bureaucratic

[ˌbjʊərəˈkrætɪk] adj → bureaucratique

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bureaucratic

adj, bureaucratically

adv → bürokratisch

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bureaucratic

[ˌbjʊərə/ʊˈkrætɪk] adj → burocratico/a

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bureaucracy

(bjuˈrokrəsi) noun

1. a system of government by officials working for a government.

2. a country having such a government which uses such officials.

ˌbureauˈcratic adjective

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