bureaucratic
adjective /ˌbjʊə.rəˈkræt.ɪk/
/ˌbjʊr.əˈkræt̬-/ mainly disapprovingDefinition
› relating to a system of controlling or managing a country, company, or organization that is operated by a large number of officials: The company was inefficient because it was highly bureaucratic.Managing and organizing › involving complicated rules and processes that make something slow and difficult: I had a lot of bureaucratic hassle trying to get the information I needed.Managing and organizing
(Definition of bureaucratic adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- administer verb (MANAGE)
- administration noun (MANAGING)
- bureaucracy noun
- campaign verb
- central adjective (ORGANIZATION)
- conduct verb (ORGANIZE)
- have/get your shit together idiom
- in hand idiom
- kaizen noun
- manage verb (CONTROL)
- management noun
- misconduct verb
- organization noun (ARRANGEMENT)
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- running noun (OPERATION)
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