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bureaucratic

[byoor-uh-krat-ik] / ˌbyʊər əˈkræt ɪk /








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The government department in charge of these archives is a bureaucratic mouthful: the Authority for Information Concerning Documentation of the Former State Security Service.

From The Wall Street Journal

The budget watchdog’s models, data and assumptions are too important to leave hidden in a bureaucratic ‘black box.’

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Wacker cited high energy prices and bureaucratic obstacles in Germany as obstacles to growth.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It’s clear that he has navigated the fraught shoals of the bureaucratic politics of the administration effectively. He hasn’t ticked off anybody who matters, and that’s a lot by itself.”

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It heard that the quango was "too bureaucratic" and had a narrow interpretation of the opportunities in its remit.

From BBC