word
Bureaucracy
Byuu-RAH-kruh-see
/bjʊˈrɑːkrʌsiː/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
bureaucracy
Dictionary meaning
Any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape.
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