bureaucratic
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Government guidance says the duty should "always be applied in a proportionate way" depending on the circumstances of the case and that organisations should avoid an "overly bureaucratic and burdensome approach".
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Conferring with the personnel department, Bass reduced some of the bureaucratic obstacles to hiring.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
When Kafka died of tuberculosis in 1924 at age 40, he was virtually unknown; by the late 1930s he was an international phenomenon, his surname a signifier of bureaucratic inhumanity and modern unease.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Some of this is due to the complicated and sometimes bureaucratic system for making claims.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
Firing porters, I knew, was a bureaucratic procedure that took weeks; I’d be working elsewhere in the prison before the wheels had even begun to turn.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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