"of the nature of a bureaucracy," 1836, from French bureaucratique (19c.); see bureaucracy. Related: Bureaucratical; bureaucratically.
his bureaucratic behavior annoyed his colleagues
a bureaucratic nightmare
burdock
burdon
bureau
bureaucracy
bureaucrat
bureaucratic
bureaucratise
bureaucratization
bureaucratize
burette
burg
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