Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with bureaucratic in American Collocation
bureaucratic
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
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/ˌbjʊrəˈkrætɪk/
very
extremely
heavily
highly
increasingly
very
We have highly bureaucratic rules for filling in forms.
more than necessary
excessively
overly
too
unduly
unnecessarily
The UN has become excessively bureaucratic and slow.
process or system
apparatus
procedure
process
structure
system
Leave all the bureaucratic procedures to our professionals.
problems or difficulties
bungling
burden
hurdles
inefficiency
inertia
interference
nightmare
obstacles
We now have a bureaucratic nightmare involving six different departments.
be
become
In the post-war period, the regime became increasingly bureaucratic.
burdensome
complicated
costly
cumbersome
expensive
slow
unnecessary
wasteful
The procedure for issuing licences is cumbersome and bureaucratic.