bureaucratic
adjective
bu·reau·crat·ic
ˌbyu̇r-ə-ˈkra-tik 
ˌbyər-
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a bureaucracy or a bureaucrat
bureaucratic government
a bureaucratic organization
bureaucratic procedures
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Blockchain also removes geographic and bureaucratic barriers to banking.
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Raymond Qu, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Over the years, arXiv’s permanence has been threatened by everything from bureaucratic strife to outdated code to even, once, a spy scandal.
—Sheon Han, Wired News, 27 Mar. 2025
That bureaucratic misstep might have caused a months-long delay in removing those potentially faulty kits.
—Andrew Blankstein, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025
So if the party was going to succeed, this class had to be destroyed and replaced with a new bureaucratic caste of Communist officials.
—Ian Johnson, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Bureaucratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bureaucratic. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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bureaucratic
adjective
bu·reau·crat·ic
ˌbyu̇r-ə-ˈkrat-ik
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a bureaucracy or bureaucrat
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