Red-tape Synonyms

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Synonyms for Red-tape

bureaucratic paperwork
Bureaucracy
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inflexible routine
Bureaucracy
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official procedures
Bureaucracy
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city-hall
The municipal government, especially its officials considered as a group.
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proper channels
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wait
A period of waiting
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bureaucratic rules
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inaction
Lack or absence of action.
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officialism
Officials collectively; officialdom
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paperwork
A clerical task or set of tasks involving routine written work; busy work; red tape.
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officialdom
Officials collectively
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paper shuffling
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bureaucratic procedure
needlessly time-consuming procedure
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roadblock
Something, such as a situation or condition, that prevents further progress toward an accomplishment.
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holdup
(Physics) The amount of fissionable material being processed or in storage for irradiation in a reactor cycle
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official forms
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bureaucracy
An administrative system in which the need or inclination to follow rigid or complex procedures impedes effective action:
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impediment
(--- Law) Something that obstructs the making of a legal contract.
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beaurocracy
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over-regulation
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Red-tape Sentence Examples

  • More of the red tape of running a lodging establishment.

  • In the News 18 March 2002 The British Chamber of Commerce says that red tape costs businesses more than £ 15bn since 1997.

  • Business prepares to face new swathe of red tape.

  • Avoiding red tape and solicitors bills, the easy way !

  • In the words of Stephen Byers, this was to help British businesses avoid unnecessary expenditure and to reduce red tape.

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