bureaucratic inertia

noun

The tendency of bureaucratic organizations to perpetuate their established procedures, even if they are counterproductive or diametrically opposed to their set goals.

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Meanings

nounbureaucratic inertia (countable and uncountable, plural bureaucratic inertias)

plural bureaucratic inertias

  1. countableuncountablegovernmentThe tendency of bureaucratic organizations to perpetuate their established procedures, even if they are counterproductive or diametrically opposed to their set goals.
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