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Noun
Bureaucratic rules
The people elected to government or employed in the civil service
(
manufacturing
)
A set of procedures used to produce a product
The plans and methods used to achieve a particular short-term aim
Strictly conventional behaviour
A long and complicated procedure that seems tiresome or pointless
A hindrance or obstruction in doing something
The manner in which an organization or activity is managed or directed
Adjective
Relating to a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives
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Noun
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Bureaucratic rules
bureaucracy
formalities
official procedure
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regulations
rules
rules and regulations
administrativia
administrivia
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top brass
governing body
organisation
UK
system of government
beadledom
civil service
organization
US
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“Businesses say the advantages of trading with Europe have to be weighed against the increased cost of
red tape
.”
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The people elected to government or employed in the civil service
the powers that be
authorities
people in charge
administration
administrative system
bureaucracy
establishment
government
men in suits
officialdom
men in grey suits
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management
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police
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group
corporation
the Establishment
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Big Brother
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powers that be
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(
manufacturing
)
A set of procedures used to produce a product
process
procedure
measures
method
mechanism
operation
steps
system
technique
activity
approach
methodology
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stages
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blueprint
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bearing
intercommunication
set of rules
dynamic
motif
demeanour
UK
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Noun
▲
The plans and methods used to achieve a particular short-term aim
tactics
campaigning
generalship
manoeuvres
UK
strategy
approach
campaign
channels
course
defence
UK
defense
US
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devices
diplomacy
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line
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US
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UK
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US
vein
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UK
instrumentation
thought
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apparatuses
instrumentalities
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agents
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vehicles
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idea
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variation
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how-tos
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US
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schedule
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usage
drill
road
gambit
shenanigan
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UK
cabal
agenda
activity
mores
transaction
tenor
brainchild
knowledge
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US
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covin
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substitutes
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shuffles
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curveballs
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organizing system
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US
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UK
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subversion
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exercises
drills
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secret
schlenter
fetch
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UK
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skills
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instrument panels
dashboards
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methods and means
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makeshifts
habit
formality
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crafty designs
set-up
cunning plan
tradition
wisdom
skill
artistry
body of knowledge
observance
decorum
decency
solemnity
ceremonial
rite
social practice
propriety
proprieties
step
exercise
praxis
canon
convenance
law
regulation
precept
ropes
agendum
series of steps
performance
right practice
set formula
by the numbers
by the book
kawa
tikanga
done thing
standard operating procedure
the numbers
SOP
capers
deal
initiative
undertaking
treatments
big pictures
dispositions
big picture
workings
avenue
groove
institution
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implementation
task
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service
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work
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vehicle
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lockstep
formalities
assignment
control
celebration
second nature
structure
office
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sequence
specification
instrument
coordination
endeavour
UK
matter of course
rules of conduct
instruction
code of behavior
US
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code of behaviour
UK
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punctilio
mission
job
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consuetude
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beaten path
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daily grind
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heritage
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politesse
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Sacrament
ministry
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instrumentality
accepted behaviour
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p's and q's
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business
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normalcy
charge
concept
handiwork
gesture
laws
standard
code of practice
code of conduct
solution
apparatus
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requirement
course of therapy
démarche
happening
experiment
propensity
maxim
good form
courtesy
stereotype
modus vivendi
paperwork
delivery
mode of operation
proneness
logistics
type
character
rendering
carrying out
conventionalism
attempt
interface
official procedure
machine
rule of thumb
shot
usual procedure
order of things
into
series of measures
nitty-gritty
lineup
business plan
agreement
application
modality
rule of order
happenings
festival
tenet
diplomatic code
social code
social procedures
cycle
idiosyncrasy
influence
possibility
trait
personality
nature
dictate
prescript
springboard
example
standing order
usefulness
utility
feat
precepts
technic
exactitude
meticulousness
precision
attribute
mannerism
moeurs
M.O.
shifting
conventionality
engine
list
itinerary
strictness
punctiliousness
scrupulousness
nicety
temperament
oddity
peculiarity
swim
enactment
acceptance
currency
specifications
credo
creed
equation
formulation
theorem
description
stepping stone
asylum
phenomenon
fact
mode of conduct
mode of behaviour
stopgap
resort
makeshift
operating procedure
curriculum
barometer
solemnities
commemoration
show
aptness
conscientiousness
conformity
usance
working
feats
exploits
home
madhouse
bedlam
notion
parade
realization
US
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rules and regulations
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viewpoint
constitution
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mechanisms
solemnness
officialism
formal gesture
academism
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hostel
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formal courtesy
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quality
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UK
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responsibility
commission
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try
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duty
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hassle
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vogue
mould
UK
folkways
shibboleth
stipulations
residential care home
pipeline
platform
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mold
US
observation
blows
doings
ins and outs
criterion
gauge
UK
parameter
social graces
proper behavior
API
diagram
what one is into
digest
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body of law
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established way
unwritten rule
unwritten law
sacred cow
representation
map
prototype
clue
signal
touchstone
constraint
limit
key
guidance
mark
guide
counsel
marker
way of harnessing
safety valve
means of release
mode of expression
release mechanism
means of expression
schematic
scale drawing
archetype
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routine job
circuit
boring routine
pace
circle
dead end
assembly line
same old round
humdrum existence
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brief
pilot scheme
technical drawing
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US
preparations
authority
architectural plan
event
ground rule
provision
governance
jurisdiction
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scheduling
organizing
US
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obligation
covenant
classification
array
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progression
systematization
US
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UK
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composition
adjustment
aligning
standardization
US
systematisation
UK
computation
standardisation
UK
establishment
procession
chain
assortment
more ❯
Noun
▲
Strictly conventional behaviour
formality
ceremoniousness
decorum
protocol
ceremony
conventionality
correctness
etiquette
ritual
seriousness
courtliness
politesse
punctilio
solemnity
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ordinance
Sacrament
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dignity
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augustness
gravitas
splendor
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UK
impressiveness
propriety
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class
nobility
loftiness
nobleness
gentility
poise
sobriety
sedateness
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momentousness
importance
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elegance
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will
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courtesy
gallantry
graciousness
elegancy
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grandness
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sublimeness
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gorgeousness
gloriousness
superbness
kingliness
splendidness
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starch
stiff bearing
respectability
regalness
royalness
honour
UK
regard
honor
US
respectfulness
composure
regality
integrity
distinction
worthiness
lordliness
exaltedness
state
renown
seemliness
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modesty
honourability
righteousness
character
quality
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station
goodness
cachet
sublimity
worth
morality
consequence
culture
stature
ethics
merit
virtue
hauteur
significance
perfection
self-possession
more ❯
Noun
▲
A long and complicated procedure that seems tiresome or pointless
paraphernalia
bother
procedure
rigmarole
carry-on
fuss
hassle
nonsense
performance
to-do
palaver
pantomime
trappings
trouble
ado
kerfuffle
ballyhoo
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hoopla
folderol
commotion
pother
ritual
carrying-on
hoo-ha
fuss and bother
tedious business
bobsy-die
lengthy process
song and dance
stir
rumpus
uproar
excitement
hurly-burly
drama
business
furore
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disturbance
scene
hubbub
tamasha
turmoil
ruckus
pandemonium
agitation
row
ruction
bustle
upset
furor
US
clatter
bluster
storm
whirl
blather
moil
welter
bobbery
shindy
foofaraw
williwaw
squall
hurly
clutter
splore
corroboree
brouhaha
coil
hurricane
hurry
do
zoo
activity
helter-skelter
fuss and feathers
alarums and excursions
hurry-scurry
hoo-hah
hurry-skurry
hubble-bubble
hysterics
histrionics
jiggery-pokery
nuisance
monkey business
unrest
noise
controversy
broil
wingding
storm in a teacup
kick-up
tempest in a teapot
hue and cry
much ado about nothing
farce
joke
tumult
stew
fun
confusion
flurry
flap
tizzy
tizz
more ❯
Noun
▲
A hindrance or obstruction in doing something
impediment
bar
obstacle
block
obstruction
barrier
hindrance
check
encumbrance
handicap
curb
deterrent
difficulty
snag
drawback
restraint
restriction
brake
catch
hitch
limitation
setback
stumbling block
baulk
UK
balk
US
chain
clog
cramp
crimp
drag
embarrassment
fetter
hazard
hiccup
holdback
hurdle
inhibition
interference
issue
let
manacle
problem
shackles
stop
trammel
catch-22
cumber
facer
barricade
blockage
bottleneck
burden
defect
delay
detriment
disablement
disadvantage
disorder
fault
flaw
holdup
impairment
load
millstone
prohibition
retardation
retardment
rub
shackle
stoppage
stricture
tie
wall
weakness
dead weight
road block
millstone around your neck
spanner in the works
monkey wrench in the works
fly in the ointment
complication
constraint
discouragement
pitfall
inconvenience
damper
trouble
prevention
rein
interruption
disbenefit
determent
minus
downside
shortcoming
hamper
control
hampering
impedance
blocking
disincentive
glitch
thwarting
nuisance
liability
albatross
deterrence
circumscription
negative
congestion
hold-up
forestalling
preventive
imperfection
straitjacket
weak point
weak spot
sticking point
halt
uphill
dissuasion
condition
limit
blockade
headache
joker
safeguard
occlusion
ball and chain
jam
bridle
avoidance
monkey wrench
deficiency
booby trap
interception
inhibitor
gridlock
baggage
preclusion
blow
dilemma
forestallment
debit
strike
incommodity
mishap
defeat
deterence
obviation
hang-up
impasse
checking
snarl
defence
UK
traverse
interdict
defense
US
fence
predicament
arrest
precaution
cumbrance
preventative
roadblock
clot
confinement
jam-up
reversal
misfortune
circumvention
downfall
embargo
hangup
hardship
disappointment
rebuff
gotcha
whammy
hassle
gimmick
blank wall
con
pickle
protection
land mine
disqualification
snarl-up
ban
opposition
logjam
cross to bear
foiling
security
suppression
reverse
fetters
curbing
baulking
UK
stopping
stifling
reduction
boycott
quashing
ill
failure
upset
cross
frustration
caution
precautionary measure
knock
choking
clampdown
lock
curtailment
constriction
prob
taboo
remedy
quandary
lack
failing
disability
balking
US
break
collapse
adversity
bummer
foundering
preventive measure
protective measure
stone in one's path
bug
disturbance
body blow
tangle
puzzler
knot
cropper
knock-back
wet blanket
piece of bad luck
thorn in one's side
tight spot
lack of success
one in the eye
bit of trouble
reversal of fortune
kick in the teeth
bond
bonds
elimination
barring
deadweight
bone of contention
hobble
misery
woe
disgrace
yoke
complaint
anticipation
averting
precluding
stumbling stone
slowing
harm
railing
sabotage
intervention
intimidation
injury
albatross around one's neck
demerit
buttress
pale
evil
weary load
prophylaxis
penalty
deadlock
exclusion
foot dragging
excess baggage
leash
tailback
obligation
commitment
handicapping
psychological baggage
privation
affliction
mountain
checkmate
saddle
debt
guilt
duty
bad
flip side
defensive measures
afterdeal
restrainer
narrowing
backup
tie-up
queue
millstone round someone's neck
proscription
deterring factor
chill
put down
damp
bridling
repression
bind
bulwark
tribulation
aggravation
harness
depressant
cloud
shackling
fettering
holding back
cramping
smothering
detention
constrainment
captivity
kink
pinch
bump
entanglement
factor
web
development
moratorium
veto
warning
encirclement
snafu
discontinuance
negative aspect
stopping up
halting
deal-breaker
gloom
pall
fix
spot
crunch
unseen problem
scrape
trap
other side of the coin
interdiction
stint
infarct
closure
embolus
cordon
infarction
monkey on one's back
can of worms
disputed point
depression
trick
cinchers
anchor
binders
traffic jam
lapse
sublimation
snare
consequence
rahui
hold
moderation
point at issue
conundrum
ploy
puzzle
dodge
wile
regression
flip-flop
unfortunate development
slowdown
backset
comedown
regress
bath
about-face
foil
bottom
the rub
inadequacy
reservation
circumspection
injunction
modification
definition
qualification
gate
retarding device
rail
mountain to climb
retardant
interference with
restricted access
reverse of fortune
double whammy
putting an end to
putting an stop to
nipping in the bud
demarcation
cold water
joker in the pack
blunder
bondage
rope
order
instruction
deprivation
pinions
weight
decrease
string
manacles
chains
abridgment
US
abridgement
UK
ceiling
command
hedge
drawing board
slip
line of defense
compression
contraction
astringency
boundary
tightening
squeezing
binding
shrinking
restraining order
spoiling
palladium
fail-safe
protective
shield
inefficacy
error
whole new ballgame
grievance
bother
miscalculation
mistake
mischance
bafflement
neutralizer
prophylactic
mix-up
hot potato
thorn in one's flesh
mess
vexed question
question mark
vexation
gremlin
source of difficulty
worry
hornets' nest
source of trouble
muddle
dispute
plight
difficult situation
countering
scotching
derailment
dashing
crushing
bitter pill
jump
stretch
stroke of bad luck
crippling
hindering
snookering
baffling
nonfulfillment
scuppering
nonfulfilment
contravention
unfulfillment
involvement
lease
chit
indebtment
loan
bite
pledge
balance
arrear
possibility
due
contingency
remainder
contract
damage
Achilles heel
mortgage
jinx
tab
IOU
account
nonsuccess
anticipatory measure
malfunction
crash
shutdown
non-success
bad news
disaster area
disintegration
disruption
millstone round one's neck
wreck
crackup
ruination
crumbling
ruin
crumpling
fizzle
breakdown
cessation
falling apart
fizzling out
falling down
seizing up
conking out
falling to pieces
falling through
tragedy
misadventure
calamity
catastrophe
disaster
trial
accident
bad luck
debacle
bad break
ill luck
contretemps
casualty
loss
infelicity
ill fortune
hard luck
tough luck
rotten luck
anxiety
distress
cataclysm
shock
unluckiness
sorrow
unpleasantness
visitation
annoyance
vicissitude
ordeal
hard time
letdown
unluck
discomfort
dole
washout
flop
let-down
pain
misfire
trauma
haplessness
grief
unfortunateness
undoing
hard times
travails
untowardness
travail
car crash
curse
disillusionment
anticlimax
unfortunate incident
botch
abortion
miss
misfiring
miscarriage
crisis
non-fulfilment
suffering
rout
jolt
botheration
disgruntlement
struggle
torment
perplexity
buffet
tough break
raw deal
worriment
crucible
hot water
bane
hurt
scourge
mishappening
straits
persecution
plague
bust
fiasco
dud
unsuccessfulness
fail
clunker
evil fortune
evil chance
faux pas
stack-up
total
crack-up
pileup
fender-bender
smashup
wrack-up
bomb
turkey
clinker
trials and tribulations
severe test
trying time
to-do
damp squib
coming to nothing
rotten break
devil's own luck
hard cheese
bathos
unhappiness
heartache
wretchedness
betrayal
downturn
anguish
agony
catastrophy
case
decline
deflation
wait
nightmare
jar
excruciation
sadness
torture
rack
care
upheaval
dissatisfaction
bringdown
dismay
challenge
down
bad experience
downer
oppression
wronging
detainment
matter
stroke of ill luck
ill chance
blip
big trouble
casus
befalling
bombshell
surprise
mismanagement
perversion
chagrin
wrong
unpredictable outcome
holding pattern
thunderbolt
anomaly
commotion
tumult
rear ender
rear-ender
ill-fortune
smash
collision
fluke
hard knock
rainy day
aborting
boo-boo
offense
US
prejudice
dire straits
offence
UK
ill-treatment
disservice
shipwreck
lemon
insufficiency
miscarriages
something wrong
mischief
loser
spontaneous abortion
still birth
rude awakening
source of distress
bad trot
non-starter
lead balloon
non-achiever
no-hoper
frost
dead loss
blight
bolt from the blue
bolt out of the blue
nemesis
heartbreak
cancer
canker
fire
rigor
US
pestilence
gauntlet
poison
gantlet
calvary
repulse
crucifixion
strain
turnabout
vanquishment
conquering
rigour
UK
problems
pains
labor
US
awkwardness
labour
UK
stress
strenuousness
strife
laboriousness
arduousness
struggling
question
ado
toil
pressure
habit
count
squeeze
bugbear
doubt
disagreement
painfulness
dolour
misstep
fall
irritation
imbroglio
exigency
bungle
box
teething trouble
discomfiture
hash
nonperformance
implosion
mental burden
nonachievement
rejection
false step
balls-up
foul-up
screw-up
breaking down
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▲
The manner in which an organization or activity is managed or directed
conduct
direction
management
running
administration
control
handling
supervision
guidance
regulation
leadership
organisation
UK
organization
US
controlling
managing
care
charge
coordination
governance
government
intendance
masterminding
operation
orchestration
overseeing
oversight
presidency
stewardship
superintendence
superintendency
prosecution
plan
policy
regimen
rule
strategy
tactics
execution
manipulation
transaction
treatment
wielding
carrying out
command
surveillance
headship
governing
conducting
inspection
maintenance
auspices
performance
directing
regulating
supervising
commanding
custody
administering
keeping
orchestrating
settlement
guardianship
protection
ruling
tutelage
aegis
law
dominion
polity
bureaucracy
domination
power
influence
patronage
politics
regimentation
political practice
approach
instruction
regiment
guard
check
keep
negotiation
authority
settling
enactment
sovereignty
leading
guiding
statecraft
sway
steering
wardship
conclusion
clinching
ward
predominance
regency
monitoring
policing
agreement
accomplishment
discharge
ministration
trust
executive
empire
ministry
powers-that-be
predominanc
the feds
Uncle Sam
safekeeping
ordering
arrangement
working out
hammering out
adaptation
classification
alteration
reorganisation
UK
systematisation
UK
reorganization
US
reconciliation
responsibility for
standardisation
UK
organizing
US
codification
standardization
US
organising
UK
systematization
US
moderation
thrashing out
ascendancy
jurisdiction
supremacy
reign
dominance
mastery
regime
superiority
upper hand
preeminence
hegemony
whip hand
ascendance
ascendency
establishment
officialdom
prepotence
grip
primacy
hold
paramountcy
reins
prepotency
mana
might
sovranty
ascendence
imperium
authorities
system
predominancy
death grip
clutch
powers that be
dictatorship
preponderancy
officials
eminence
arm
edge
prepollency
distinction
pre-eminence
transcendence
system of government
clout
the Establishment
the system
prerogative
preponderance
prestigiousness
right
noteworthiness
city hall
say-so
Big Brother
people in charge
tyranny
directorate
tenure
province
grasp
predomination
junta
civil service
men in suits
dynasty
subjection
despotism
leverage
generalship
regulatory commission
authorization
US
weight
protectorship
authorisation
UK
force
commission
strength
license
strings
corridors of power
safe keeping
might and main
house
oppression
suppression
triumph
victory
directorship
captaincy
premiership
governorship
administrative system
puissance
rulership
coercion
trusteeship
conquest
regnancy
containment
subjugation
intimidation
repression
strong influence
raj
hands
lap
incumbency
comanagement
codirection
coadministration
subordination
initiative
warrant
era
conveyance
conduction
foresight
capacity
pecking order
permit
word
pwnage
ownage
men in grey suits
the powers that be
office
federation
kingdom
territory
pilotage
skill
time in power
what it takes
period of influence
domain
commonwealth
realm
duty
procedure
pull
licence
routine
statesmanship
diplomacy
police
agency
board
suits
group
process
confederation
old guard
prevailing political order
established order
ruling class
status quo
prevailing social order
privilege
procedures
rules
official procedure
formalities
paperwork
regulations
program
US
programme
UK
jump
hand
teeth
drag
ability
muscle
corporation
superpower
schedule
strong arm
leg up
ministries
military government
union
people
the state
rules and regulations
beadledom
say
area
field
range
res publica
world power
diet
military rule
martial law
government department
menu
district
scope
bounds
circuit
zone
paper shuffling
bureaucratic paperwork
proper channels
official procedures
official forms
administrativia
administrivia
officialism
orbit
sphere
compass
course of therapy
extent
state
turf
limits
judicature
arbitration
confines
reach
precinct
bailiwick
discretion
magistracy
slot
inquisition
purview
extent of power
oyer and terminer
stomping grounds
advantage
lordship
suzerainty
overlordship
seniority
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Relating to a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives
bureaucratic
administrative
governmental
official
political
red-tape
ministerial
procedural
civic
constitutional
state
organisational
UK
organizational
US
civil service
legislative
parliamentary
executive
sovereign
government
regulatory
gubernatorial
legal
supervisory
magisterial
lawmaking
presidential
managerial
diplomatic
policy-making
public
electoral
local government
politic
doctrinal
civil
ethical
economical
party political
home
domestic
national
internal
top-level
high-level
interior
local
federal
municipal
native
indigenous
social
nationalized
US
popular
imperial
royal
state-owned
communal
nationwide
government civic
state-run
countrywide
nationalised
UK
inland
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