bureaucracy
/bjʊəˈrɒkrəsi/noun
उच्चारण ब्युअरॉक्रसी
नौकरशाही, अफ़सरशाही
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the system of official rules and ways of doing things that a government or an organization has; the officials who run it
नौकरशाही, अफ़सरशाही
- Getting a licence meant fighting the bureaucracy for months.
- the Indian bureaucracy
- The bureaucracy was slow to respond to the flood.
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- Working in the bureaucracy requires a lot of patience.
- The new minister promised to reform the bureaucracy.
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[U] disapproving
too many official rules and processes, which cause delay
लालफ़ीताशाही
- Small businesses suffer from excessive bureaucracy.
- Endless bureaucracy slowed down the road project by almost two years.
- I lost two days to bureaucracy while getting my passport.
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- Too much bureaucracy discourages young entrepreneurs.
- The campaign aims to cut bureaucracy in hospitals.
Synonyms red tape
◇Word family
bureaucrat nounbureaucratic adj.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
AaSpelling
-eau- in the middle, -cracy at the end.
बीच का -eau- और अंत का -cracy याद रखिए।
⌂Word origin and word building
A bureaucrat is an official; red tape is the idiom for needless official delay.
Bureaucrat अधिकारी को कहते हैं और red tape बेवजह की सरकारी देरी के लिए idiom है।
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One-word substitution
Government by officials.
'अधिकारियों का शासन' के लिए यह शब्द आता है।