bureaucratic
adjective
bu·reau·crat·ic
ˌbyu̇r-ə-ˈkra-tik 
ˌbyər-
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a bureaucracy or a bureaucrat
bureaucratic government
a bureaucratic organization
bureaucratic procedures
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According to the 2023 Medscape Physician Burnout and Depression Report, physicians in emergency medicine reported the highest rate of burnout (65%) of all doctors, with most citing bureaucratic demands as the primary cause for burnout.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 June 2024
De Sica criticized the intolerant social forces, the bureaucratic self-righteousness (from selfishness and boredom to indifference) that’s always the enemy.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 June 2024
The bureaucratic nightmare is a great showcase for Donald Glover's exhausted deadpan, which was mildly shocking so soon after his jaunty Community days.
—EW.com, 10 June 2024
But about 70 percent of those who lost coverage might have still been eligible and fell out of Medicaid because of bureaucratic reasons, such as failing to return paperwork on time, according to KFF, a nonprofit health policy research group.
—Noah Weiland, New York Times, 3 June 2024
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 June 2024
De Sica criticized the intolerant social forces, the bureaucratic self-righteousness (from selfishness and boredom to indifference) that’s always the enemy.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 June 2024
The bureaucratic nightmare is a great showcase for Donald Glover's exhausted deadpan, which was mildly shocking so soon after his jaunty Community days.
—EW.com, 10 June 2024
But about 70 percent of those who lost coverage might have still been eligible and fell out of Medicaid because of bureaucratic reasons, such as failing to return paperwork on time, according to KFF, a nonprofit health policy research group.
—Noah Weiland, New York Times, 3 June 2024
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bureaucratic
adjective
bu·reau·crat·ic
ˌbyu̇r-ə-ˈkrat-ik
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a bureaucracy or bureaucrat
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