Petty bureaucracy Synonyms

Definitions for Petty


  • (adjective) not broad or open in views or opinions
  • (adjective) so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention
  • (adjective) ( informal ) small and of little importance

Definitions for Bureaucracy


  • (noun) a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials
  • (noun) nonelective government officials
  • (noun) any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape