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bureaucratic nightmare
释义
Example sentences
bureaucratic nightmare
He couldn't build a car park without it becoming a vast
bureaucratic
nightmare
.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2012
)
But isn't sourcing much of your wine from smaller producers a
bureaucratic
nightmare
?
Times, Sunday Times
(
2009
)
It would also be a
bureaucratic
nightmare
to invoice patients and collect fees.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2014
)
Definition of 'nightmare'
nightmare
(
n
aɪ
tmeəʳ
)
Explore 'nightmare' in the dictionary
countable noun
If you refer to a situation as a nightmare, you are saying in a very emphatic way that it is irritating because it causes you a lot of trouble.
[
emphasis
]
Definition of 'bureaucratic'
bureaucratic
(
bj
ʊə
rəkr
æ
tɪk
)
Explore 'bureaucratic' in the dictionary
adjective
[
usually
ADJECTIVE
noun
]
Bureaucratic means involving complicated rules and procedures which can cause long delays.
COBUILD Collocations
bureaucratic nightmare
bureaucratic nightmare
complete nightmare
recurring nightmare
worst nightmare
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