cumbersome bureaucracy
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcumbersomeandbureaucracy
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cumbersome
adjective
uk/ˈkʌm.bə.səm/us/ˈkʌm.bɚ.səm/
awkward because of being large, heavy, or ...
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bureaucracy
noun[U or C]
uk/bjʊəˈrɒk.rə.si/us/bjʊˈrɑː.krə.si/
a system for controlling or managing a country, company, or organization that is operated by a large number of officials employed to follow ...
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I agree that we do not want to havecumbersomebureaucracystanding in the way of delivery.
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That will help to free staff fromcumbersomebureaucracyand allow them to focus on actively helping their customers.
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The last thing we want to do is introduce somecumbersomebureaucracy.
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Abolishing the duty will abolish all thiscumbersomebureaucracy.
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I learned much of university politics and the internal stresses between faculties and thecumbersomebureaucracy.
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They add to thecumbersomebureaucracyand budgetary expenditure yet achieve very little.
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There are still too many problems involved in doing away with thecumbersomebureaucracy, despite the positive efforts that have been made to that end.
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However, we must avoid morecumbersomebureaucracywhich eats money.
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It would also be free of acumbersomebureaucracy, and therefore of excessive cost.
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Tacis has been widely criticised for its slow procedures andcumbersomebureaucracy.
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With the move from a form-based approach to an effects-based approach will come a sharper and more practical focus on competition instead of thecumbersomebureaucracyof existing legislation.
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This will therefore provide new opportunities for our hauliers to compete freely on equal terms, and will progressively liberate them from thecumbersomebureaucracyof the present bilateral permit system.
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The second is thecumbersomebureaucracywhich, as a result of our caution in 1985, we have imposed on our citizens abroad who want to vote in our elections.
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On the one hand, there is the risk of setting up acumbersomebureaucracy, continuously at the heels of legitimate business activity and impeding technological developments.
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Cumbersomebureaucracycreates opportunities for officials to extort facilitation payments from businesses if they wish to speed things up.
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