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AH020387 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Bureaucracy
in layman's terms can u tell me wat is a 'bureaucracy'?
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Bureaucracy is commonly encountered with government departments. It is where things are (or at least, appear to be) overly complicated. It includes filling out large amounts of forms, and waiting long periods of time for a person or department to make a decision over something that appears quite simple.
- Bureaucracy is commonly encountered with government departments.
- It is where things are (or at least, appear to be) overly complicated.
- It includes filling out large amounts of forms, and waiting long periods of time for a person or department to make a decision over something that appears quite simple.
- Wiktionary is more 'forgiving' than me, and simply describes it as: "Structure and regulations in place to control activity.
- org/wiki/bureaucracy Regardless of this dictionary definition, bureaucracy has become synonymous with unnecessary complexity and the problems ordinary people (or businesses) face when trying to achieve simple tasks with government departments.
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Bureaucracy is commonly encountered with government departments. It is where things are (or at least, appear to be) overly complicated. It includes filling out large amounts of forms, and waiting long periods of time for a person or department to make a decision over something that appears quite simple.
Wiktionary is more 'forgiving' than me, and simply describes it as:
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Wiktionary is more 'forgiving' than me, and simply describes it as:
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Hi,
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in layman's terms can u tell me wat is a 'bureaucracy'?
This is an English Forum. Please start with a capital letter, and please avoid text-speak abbreviations. If you do not write your best English, why shoul
A further comment.
in layman's terms can u tell me wat is a 'bureaucracy'?
This is an English Forum. Please start with a capital letter, and please avoid text-speak abbreviations. If you do not write your best English, why shoul
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So suppose I'm changing my legal name and it's taking the government months and months to process it, would it be correct for me to say "what is up with all this bureaucracy!"
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