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red tape
noun as in bureaucratic rules
Example Sentences
The word is that the UK and EU would like a "high ambition-high alignment" reset that rids food and farm exports of most red tape.
Categorizing more than 600,000 food products — and updating that list annually — would create “needless red tape,” they argued, while doing little to improve public health.
Some said they struggled to get loans, others highlighted high import taxes on certain foreign raw materials and equipment, while some others spoke about unnecessary red tape that made getting documents and approvals a nightmare.
He also said the government had been "undermining competitiveness with higher taxes and new employment red tape".
“It’s micromanagement at its worst, creating more red tape when park staff are already stretched dangerously thin and dealing with peak visitation season,” Brengel said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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