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bureaucratic

/ˌbjʊəɹəˈkɹætɪk/US/ˌbjʊɹəˈkɹætɪk/

bureaucratic adjective: of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.

Adjective

bureaucratic (comparative more bureaucratic, superlative most bureaucratic)

  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.2014 March 2, Jan Morris, “Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson, review: A skilful account of T. E. Lawrence and his role in the...
    • European Union is legalistic, bureaucratic and runs by precedent.2017 December 8, Steven Erlanger, “Brexit Talks Headed for a Second, More Difficult Phase”, in The New York Times

bureaucratic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

bureaucratic in Hindi

of or pertaining to bureaucracy
शासनिक śāsnik

bureaucratic in Tamil

அதிகார இனத்திற்குரிய, அதிகார இன ஆட்சித்தொடர்பான

bureaucratic in Bengali

আমলাতান্ত্রিক

bureaucratic in Malayalam

administrative, official, governmental
ഔദ്യോഗികതലത്തിലുള്ള, ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥമേധാവിത്വപരമായ, ഭരണപരമായ, ഔദ്യോഗികമായ, ഭരണകൂടത്തെസംബന്ധിച്ച, നയ
rule-bound, rigid, inflexible
ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥപരമായ, ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥമനോഭാവമുള്ള, ചട്ടപ്പടിയുള്ള, കർശനമായ, മുറപോലെയുള്ള, അയവില്ലാത്ത
More languagesFewer languages
bureaucratic in Malay
birokratik
bureaucratic in Indonesian
birokratis

Examples of bureaucratic in a sentence

  • Thanks to a bureaucratic fait accompli, the demolition was already approved and has already started.
  • My passport application has been stuck in bureaucratic limbo for two weeks.
  • Another problem was bureaucratic: the transfer of the ship required, literally, an act of Congress.

All 40 example sentences with bureaucratic

Forms of bureaucratic

comparativemore bureaucratic
superlativemost bureaucratic

Origin of bureaucratic

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

Words formed from bureaucratic

Phrases with bureaucratic

Words that rhyme with bureaucratic

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Questions about bureaucratic

What does bureaucratic mean?
Bureaucratic means of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.
What is bureaucratic in Hindi?
Bureaucratic in Hindi is शासनिक (śāsnik). See Bureaucratic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is bureaucratic?
Bureaucratic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bureaucratic?
Bureaucratic is pronounced /ˌbjʊəɹəˈkɹætɪk/ (UK).

Words near bureaucratic in the dictionary

  1. bureaucracy
  2. bureaucrat
  3. bureaucratese
  4. bureaucratess
  5. bureaucratesses
  6. bureaucratic
  7. bureaucratic centralism
  8. bureaucratic inertia
  9. bureaucratic inertias
  10. bureaucratical
  11. bureaucratically

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bureaucratic (page history and authors); bureaucratic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bureaucratic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bureaucratic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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