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Definition of bureaucrat in English: bureaucratnoun ˈbjʊərəkratˈbjʊrəˌkræt An official in a government department, in particular one perceived as being concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people's needs. 官僚;官僚主义者 the unemployed will be dealt with not by faceless bureaucrats but by individuals Example sentencesExamples - One former senior bureaucrat used to laugh that when most lobbyists come walking down the corridor, politicians turn out the lights and pretend not to be in.
- I mean she was terribly aware of the bureaucrats and administrators with their workings.
- Hounded by petty bureaucrats out of his cramped offices on Calton Hill, art world legend Demarco has again landed on his feet.
- However, many officials and bureaucrats agree that better management is essential.
- A sheet of paper - the texts of new drafts soon to be debated by faceless bureaucrats - were pored over.
- If you're a complacent state sector bureaucrat, enjoying your job stability and looking forward to your lush pension, it's time to start worrying.
- Tighter rules were needed to stop taxpayers' funds being wasted on party political advertising, a senior parliamentary bureaucrat has said.
- By definition a bureaucrat is an official who insists on a rigid adherence to rules and routine regardless of the needs of the situation.
- Almost every influential politician and bureaucrat used this scam.
- If the Conservatives vow to crack down on those milking the taxpayer for their lifestyle, whether bureaucrat or welfare king/queen, it will have wide appeal.
- Because the top concern of bureaucrats is to fend off future problems, the red tape piles up.
- The doggedly determined bureaucrat has vowed to disqualify any winner who is corrupt, but that may prompt yet a third round of elections for the Senate.
- If found guilty, the state's top bureaucrat will face imprisonment up to three months.
- We can't allow some government bureaucrat to label you an unlawful combatant, and thereby keep you in custody indefinitely.
- One was a junior foreign ministry bureaucrat, Andrei Kozyrev, who was made foreign minister.
- But a senior health bureaucrat has contradicted that, saying he had briefed the Health Minister earlier.
- Office workers and bureaucrats in the cities dress much the same as they do in the West.
- We'd save the 10 percent and the army of bureaucrats who administer the mess.
- Would he have some state bureaucrat decide which birth defect is economical to fix and which one should spell an immediate death sentence?
- And what are the chances of redundant bureaucrats being made redundant?
- The controllers form a separate class of corporate bureaucrats little different in outlook from civil servants.
- In such systems, the role of the party man or woman in government has been largely indistinguishable from that of obedient bureaucrat.
- There is also hope in the fact that Putin's previous careers as a spy, bureaucrat and politician were marked by mediocrity, not achievement.
- His analysis applies whether the bureaucrats in question are public spirited or not.
- Invariably a bureaucrat of the media company concerned fronts up and runs an abstract sort of case, but I insisted on turning up myself to argue my own case.
- Even now I don't understand how this Communist bureaucrat came to this view.
- In the Communist world, there was always another bureaucrat to pay the piper, so long as he played the right propaganda tune for the time.
- If you're to assume that all people and all crimes are alike, then you don't need courts at all, you simply need a bureaucrat sitting in an office.
- Remote groups of corporate private capitalists were replaced by remote boards of corporate public bureaucrats.
- An Africa where bureaucrats sit on plastic sofas and do bent deals from offices papered with Oxbridge degree certificates.
- The relationship between bureaucrat and citizen was that of ruler and subject.
- Secondly, the issue of asylum seekers is far too serious an issue to some of us to be fast-tracked by some bureaucrat.
- The real concern of the union bureaucrats is to not be left out of the ruling class' machinations.
- I am all for catching my train more quickly, but I do wonder why the bureaucrats are evading a public debate.
- This was because the senior bureaucrats being changed or shifted belonged to certain key departments.
- For a relatively low-level bureaucrat, he maintained remarkable access to the President.
- My big gripe is that one left-wing bureaucrat should have so much power and cause our elected MEP to raise the alarm bells.
- He first said that a top official in the U.S. government told him about the possible plan and later changed it to a former U.S. bureaucrat.
- Prime Minister José María Aznar rushed to contact Fidalgo personally and express his concern for the union bureaucrat's health.
Synonyms official, administrator, office-holder, office-bearer, civil servant, public servant, government servant, minister, functionary, appointee, apparatchik, mandarin British jack-in-office
OriginMid 19th century: from French bureaucrate, from bureaucratie (see bureaucracy). Definition of bureaucrat in US English: bureaucratnounˈbyo͝orəˌkratˈbjʊrəˌkræt An official in a government department, in particular one perceived as being concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people's needs. 官僚;官僚主义者 the unemployed will be dealt with not by faceless bureaucrats but by individuals Example sentencesExamples - Secondly, the issue of asylum seekers is far too serious an issue to some of us to be fast-tracked by some bureaucrat.
- However, many officials and bureaucrats agree that better management is essential.
- There is also hope in the fact that Putin's previous careers as a spy, bureaucrat and politician were marked by mediocrity, not achievement.
- We can't allow some government bureaucrat to label you an unlawful combatant, and thereby keep you in custody indefinitely.
- He first said that a top official in the U.S. government told him about the possible plan and later changed it to a former U.S. bureaucrat.
- The doggedly determined bureaucrat has vowed to disqualify any winner who is corrupt, but that may prompt yet a third round of elections for the Senate.
- The relationship between bureaucrat and citizen was that of ruler and subject.
- By definition a bureaucrat is an official who insists on a rigid adherence to rules and routine regardless of the needs of the situation.
- For a relatively low-level bureaucrat, he maintained remarkable access to the President.
- We'd save the 10 percent and the army of bureaucrats who administer the mess.
- If found guilty, the state's top bureaucrat will face imprisonment up to three months.
- Prime Minister José María Aznar rushed to contact Fidalgo personally and express his concern for the union bureaucrat's health.
- Hounded by petty bureaucrats out of his cramped offices on Calton Hill, art world legend Demarco has again landed on his feet.
- This was because the senior bureaucrats being changed or shifted belonged to certain key departments.
- The real concern of the union bureaucrats is to not be left out of the ruling class' machinations.
- One former senior bureaucrat used to laugh that when most lobbyists come walking down the corridor, politicians turn out the lights and pretend not to be in.
- In the Communist world, there was always another bureaucrat to pay the piper, so long as he played the right propaganda tune for the time.
- My big gripe is that one left-wing bureaucrat should have so much power and cause our elected MEP to raise the alarm bells.
- The controllers form a separate class of corporate bureaucrats little different in outlook from civil servants.
- Because the top concern of bureaucrats is to fend off future problems, the red tape piles up.
- Tighter rules were needed to stop taxpayers' funds being wasted on party political advertising, a senior parliamentary bureaucrat has said.
- Would he have some state bureaucrat decide which birth defect is economical to fix and which one should spell an immediate death sentence?
- An Africa where bureaucrats sit on plastic sofas and do bent deals from offices papered with Oxbridge degree certificates.
- Invariably a bureaucrat of the media company concerned fronts up and runs an abstract sort of case, but I insisted on turning up myself to argue my own case.
- Almost every influential politician and bureaucrat used this scam.
- But a senior health bureaucrat has contradicted that, saying he had briefed the Health Minister earlier.
- Remote groups of corporate private capitalists were replaced by remote boards of corporate public bureaucrats.
- If you're to assume that all people and all crimes are alike, then you don't need courts at all, you simply need a bureaucrat sitting in an office.
- I mean she was terribly aware of the bureaucrats and administrators with their workings.
- I am all for catching my train more quickly, but I do wonder why the bureaucrats are evading a public debate.
- Office workers and bureaucrats in the cities dress much the same as they do in the West.
- If you're a complacent state sector bureaucrat, enjoying your job stability and looking forward to your lush pension, it's time to start worrying.
- And what are the chances of redundant bureaucrats being made redundant?
- His analysis applies whether the bureaucrats in question are public spirited or not.
- One was a junior foreign ministry bureaucrat, Andrei Kozyrev, who was made foreign minister.
- In such systems, the role of the party man or woman in government has been largely indistinguishable from that of obedient bureaucrat.
- A sheet of paper - the texts of new drafts soon to be debated by faceless bureaucrats - were pored over.
- Even now I don't understand how this Communist bureaucrat came to this view.
- If the Conservatives vow to crack down on those milking the taxpayer for their lifestyle, whether bureaucrat or welfare king/queen, it will have wide appeal.
Synonyms official, administrator, office-holder, office-bearer, civil servant, public servant, government servant, minister, functionary, appointee, apparatchik, mandarin
OriginMid 19th century: from French bureaucrate, from bureaucratie (see bureaucracy). |