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Bureaucratic

//ˌbjʊəɹəˈkɹætɪk// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.

    "[T. E.] Lawrence said that in the end he felt himself to be fighting not for the imperial British but for the rebellious Arabs. All too often he conflicted with British bureaucratic fustiness."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French bureaucratique, from bureaucrate (“bureaucrat”) or bureaucratie (“bureaucracy”) + -ique (“-ic”), equivalent to bureaucrat + -ic or bureau + -cratic.

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