bureaucratic

Meanings

Adjective

of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or bureaucracy
- "his bureaucratic behavior annoyed his colleagues"
- "a bureaucratic nightmare"

Adj

Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French bureaucratique, from bureaucrate (“bureaucrat”) or bureaucratie (“bureaucracy”) + -ique (“-ic”), equivalent to bureaucrat + -ic or bureau + -cratic.

Scrabble Score: 18

bureaucratic is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
bureaucratic is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bureaucratic is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 23

bureaucratic is a valid Words With Friends word