officiousness
Example Sentences
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In a city with a history of electing charismatic lawbreakers, Mendelson is an almost burlesque figure of bureaucratic officiousness, complete with Panama hat and a tidy mustache that predates the Carter administration.
From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2017
The attempted change was called out as fun-spoiling officiousness.
From The Guardian • Sep. 30, 2016
Neighbor Shockley notes that some in the community now comment on Callahan’s never-ending officiousness.
From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2016
Was this meeting — with its almost whimsical officiousness: its plastic fence, its stopwatch — adding or subtracting suffering from the universe?
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2014
Her mother, when Aunty Uju came back, stayed in Dolphin Estate for a while, bathing and feeding the gurgling, smooth-skinned baby, but she faced The General with a cold officiousness.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
