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Critics, on the other hand, say it invites fraud and creates more problems by bringing more bureaucratic government agencies into the system.
How to fix America’s voter registration system so more people can vote|Jen Kirby|October 6, 2020|Vox
Although most of the transport-system solutions he has proposed to various cities have encountered political and bureaucratic obstacles, his ideas were implemented successfully in Mexico City’s metro system in 2016.
Instead of supporting this vital sector, the City Council has attached a heavy bureaucratic anchor around the necks of the hotel industry.
Morning Report: A Questionable Stat That’s Guiding Reopening|Voice of San Diego|September 9, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Those rates could be low because they’re out of date and updating them is a laborious bureaucratic exercise, or they could just generate little revenue because there’s not much new development in the area.
If Your Local Park Sucks, This Is Probably Why|MacKenzie Elmer|July 6, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The path may be there, but current travelers to Sudan face a bureaucratic nightmare of permits and road blocks.
Egypt Ain’t The Only Pyramid Show In Town|Nina Strochlic|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bureaucratic inertia is, by long tradition, the most efficient dispatcher of scandals.
The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero|Clive Irving|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This entire ordeal reeks of bureaucratic overreach being bandied about in the name of “let-us-save-the-children” politics.
The University Of New Orleans’ Cigarette Ban Is Total BS|Chloé Valdary|October 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It struck me as language borrowed from some bureaucratic circular.
India’s Newest State Telangana Is Bosnia Redux|Kranti Rai|March 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Capitalist, however corrupt; bureaucratic, however inefficient; egalitarian, however much we struggle for status and recognition.
The Real Clash of Civilizations|James Poulos|March 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Formerly, under the monarchy, the bureaucratic armies did not exist.
Bureaucracy|Honore de Balzac
"This Promethean morality that enchains the world and sets its bureaucratic eagle to gnaw the vitals of humanity," Sylvia cried.
Sylvia & Michael|Compton Mackenzie
Within an organization, however, we can imagine each person's hands as clinging to the rungs of the bureaucratic ladder.
Nursing as Caring|Anne Boykin
Bureaucratic rules of accumulated imbecility literally annihilate the changes for a better future of millions of students.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
Then he went into the department of Public Instruction, where bureaucratic servility is less intolerable.
Original Short Stories of Maupassant, Volume 1|Guy de Maupassant
British Dictionary definitions for bureaucratic
bureaucratic
/ (ˌbjʊərəˈkrætɪk) /
adjective
of or relating to bureaucrats; characterized by bureaucracy