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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Another reason that older national security priorities are rarely discarded is bureaucratic politics.
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Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
Health advocacy groups have raised concerns that Californians could be losing Medi-Cal unnecessarily because of bureaucratic hangups.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
Even then, the process took about 15 years of bureaucratic wrangling and court appeals.
—Laura Wagner, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
But due to bureaucratic inconsistencies and backlogs with the program, at least 18,000 at-risk applicants and 53,000 eligible family members had still not obtained their visas when Kabul fell.
—Ana Martín Gil, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024
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Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
Health advocacy groups have raised concerns that Californians could be losing Medi-Cal unnecessarily because of bureaucratic hangups.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
Even then, the process took about 15 years of bureaucratic wrangling and court appeals.
—Laura Wagner, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
But due to bureaucratic inconsistencies and backlogs with the program, at least 18,000 at-risk applicants and 53,000 eligible family members had still not obtained their visas when Kabul fell.
—Ana Martín Gil, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 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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