bureaucratic
pronunciation
How to pronounce bureaucratic in British English:
UK [ˌbjʊərəˈkrætɪk]
How to pronounce bureaucratic in American English:
US [ˌbjʊrəˈkrætɪk]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy
Word Origin
- bureaucratic (adj.)
- 1836, from French bureaucratique (19c.); see bureaucracy. Related: Bureaucratically. Bureaucratization is from 1916.
Example
- 1. There , we were hit with more bureaucratic obstruction .
- 2. Buying property in italy can be a bureaucratic nightmare .
- 3. Bureaucratic secrecy has served to suppress debate about the deathpenalty-and give ordinary people a sense that justice is something best left tothe authorities .
- 4. But commerce in vietnam is highly bureaucratic .
- 5. Such bureaucratic subterfuge works on a small scale .