bureaucracy

5 definitions • 6 examples

I had to deal with the university's bureaucracy when I was applying for financial aid.

the officials, employees, and people who run government departments and offices, or similar officers and employees who manage the details of operating a large business:

[ C ] The city’s bureaucracy is almost unmanageable.

disapproving Bureaucracy is also official rules that make it difficult to do things:

[ U ] The president wants to add more bureaucracy to our daily lives.

a government/state/federal bureaucracy These regulations have no benefit except to support a large government bureaucracy.

complicated rules, processes, and written work that make it hard to get something done:

We need to avoid creating another layer of bureaucracy.

avoid/eliminate/reduce bureaucracy