Noun
bureaucracy
IPA /bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi/
A system of official procedures and rules, especially when it feels unnecessarily complicated.
See example sentence: bureaucracy
Weeks of bureaucracy delayed the opening of the neighbourhood centre.
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