Bureaucracy

/bjɔːɹˈɒkɹəsˌi/

/bjʊˈɹɑkɹəsi/

Bureaucracy

nonelective government officials

a system of government that is controlled by officials who are not elected rather employed

any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape

Examples

1. Dealing with bureaucracy is like trying to nail jelly to the wall.

2. Bureaucracy achieves its power via knowledge.

3. Big institutions mean bureaucracy.

4. They had bureaucracy.