bureaucratic mess

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bureaucratic
adjective
uk
/ˌbjʊə.rəˈkræt.ɪk/us
/ˌbjʊr.əˈkræt̬.ɪk/
relating to a system of controlling or managing a country, company, or organization that is operated by a large number ...
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mess
noun
uk
/mes/us
/mes/
Mess or a mess is something or someone that looks dirty ...
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The proposal will create abureaucraticmessof unparalleled proportions, by creating two bodies responsible for the administration of one benefit rather than one.
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I cannot see how that would work and it would be abureaucraticmess.
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She then starts a complicated operation; a realbureaucraticmess.
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When will he wind up this expensive andbureaucraticmess?
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Meanwhile, rural areas still get abureaucraticmess.
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It looks as though it could be abureaucraticmess.
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If he took the initiative, he could cut through thisbureaucraticmess.
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Moreover, my noble friend also referred to the enormousbureaucraticmessthat we have with the proliferation of incentives.
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The rail network works, but it is quite clear from thebureaucraticmessthat has been created that it simply will not work next year.
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It is abureaucraticmesswhich is unfair on applicants, more expensive than it need be for taxpayers, and mean towards destitute asylum seekers.
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Reduction of the presentbureaucraticmessand creation of a system of consultation and co-operation will not only improve morale and patient care, but could lead to better financial control.
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I never understood why we got in the tangledbureaucraticmessof the community charge to pick up the tiny amount of 3 million out of 42·5 million people.
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It is abureaucraticmess.
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