bureaucracy
/bjʊ'rɑkrəsi/
noun
11 letters4 syllables20 points in Scrabble®24 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS3
NOUN
1
Nonelective government officials.
2
A government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials.
3
Any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape.
WORD FORMS
Related formbureaucratic
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®20 points
Words With Friends®24 points
Double word40 points
Triple word60 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinureaucracybay
Starts & ends withB … Y
Syllablesbu · reau · cra · cy
SYNONYMS & RELATED2
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