Meanings
adverbunbureaucratically (comparative more unbureaucratically, superlative most unbureaucratically)
comparative more unbureaucratically · superlative most unbureaucratically
- In an unbureaucratic way.
“The aim is to get the payment to the elderly applicants as quickly and as unbureaucratically as possible,” the ministry said.
2007 September 20, Reuters, “Workers in Nazi Era Ghettos to Be Paid”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
- Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
- Ancient Greekπῠρρός (pŭrrhós)
- Latinburrus
- Latinburra
- Old French*bure
- Old Frenchburel
- Frenchbureau
- Proto-Indo-European*kret-
- Ancient Greekκρᾰ́τος (krắtos)
- Frenchbureaucratie
- Frenchbureaucrate
- Frenchbureaucratie
- Frenchbureaucratique
- Englishbureaucratic
- Englishunbureaucratic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishunbureaucratically
From unbureaucratic + -ally.
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APA
unbureaucratically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbureaucratically
MLA
“unbureaucratically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbureaucratically. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbureaucratically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbureaucratically.
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