A word to describe an excessively formal process or procedure
I'm looking for a single word which may describe that a given process is overly formal in a sense it requires plenty of steps or involves myriad of subprocesses. For instance some company is about to introduce a new development methodology and employees complain that this methodology is ??? and therefore it would be tiresome to follow it due to the fact it has many phases. The word ceremonial I think has a religious connotation. Another option is to merely use overly/exceedingly/very to emphasize this fact but it would nice if there exists a single word.
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I'm looking for a single word which may describe that a given process is overly formal in a sense it requires plenty of steps or involves myriad of subprocesses. For instance some company is about to introduce a new development methodology and employees complain that this methodology is ??? and therefore it would be tiresome to follow it due to the fact it has many phases. The word ceremonial I think has a religious connotation. Another option is to merely use overly/exceedingly/very to emphasize this fact but it would nice if there exists a single word.
single-word-requests synonyms
asked 5 hours ago
Oleksandr Karaberov
1916
Labyrinthian
– Phil Sweet
4 hours ago
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I'm looking for a single word which may describe that a given process is overly formal in a sense it requires plenty of steps or involves myriad of subprocesses. For instance some company is about to introduce a new development methodology and employees complain that this methodology is ??? and therefore it would be tiresome to follow it due to the fact it has many phases. The word ceremonial I think has a religious connotation. Another option is to merely use overly/exceedingly/very to emphasize this fact but it would nice if there exists a single word.
single-word-requests synonyms
asked 5 hours ago
Oleksandr Karaberov
1916
I'm looking for a single word which may describe that a given process is overly formal in a sense it requires plenty of steps or involves myriad of subprocesses. For instance some company is about to introduce a new development methodology and employees complain that this methodology is ??? and therefore it would be tiresome to follow it due to the fact it has many phases. The word ceremonial I think has a religious connotation. Another option is to merely use overly/exceedingly/very to emphasize this fact but it would nice if there exists a single word.
single-word-requests synonyms
single-word-requests synonyms
asked 5 hours ago
Oleksandr Karaberov
1916
asked 5 hours ago
Oleksandr Karaberov
1916
asked 5 hours ago
Oleksandr Karaberov
1916
asked 5 hours ago
Oleksandr Karaberov
1916
asked 5 hours ago
Oleksandr Karaberov
1916
1916
Labyrinthian
– Phil Sweet
4 hours ago
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Labyrinthian
– Phil Sweet
4 hours ago
Labyrinthian
– Phil Sweet
4 hours ago
Labyrinthian
– Phil Sweet
4 hours ago
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... employees complain that this methodology is byzantine!
byzantine OED
adj. often not capitalized M-Webster
Reminiscent of the manner, style, or spirit of Byzantine politics; intricate, complicated; inflexible, rigid, unyielding.
Also as in:
Another problem facing the technology companies is the Byzantine
nature of today’s online advertising. WSJ Feb 17, 2018
Byzantium (now Istanbul) was filled with mystics, wars, and political infighting-and the word Byzantine became synonymous with anything characteristic of the city or empire, from architecture to intrigue.
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labyrinthine
Oxford Living Dictionaries gives the following definition:
1 (of a network) like a labyrinth; irregular and twisting.
‘labyrinthine streets and alleys’
1.1 (of a system) intricate and confusing.
‘labyrinthine plots and counterplots’
‘In the process, he unravelled the labyrinthine means by which a
painting bought by war profiteers and sold to German army looters
found its way into the cultural heart of Britain.’
‘For a show that has the labyrinthine, seemingly nonsensical plots of
a soap opera, that's a real accomplishment.’
‘The country's legendary bureaucracy is as labyrinthine as ever, and
its legal system opaque, with separate laws for foreign and domestic
investors.’
‘The labyrinthine diplomacy and politics of the Italian wars are the
real subject of this painstaking book about what Jem meant to others.’
...
Labyrinthine, through its maze analogy, suggests unnecessary complexity and a process that could be made much more simple.
answered 4 hours ago
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Onerous is defined by Oxford Dictionaries as:
(of a task or responsibility) involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty.
‘he found his duties increasingly onerous’
And by Google as:
(of a task, duty, or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome.
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... employees complain that this methodology is byzantine!
byzantine OED
adj. often not capitalized M-Webster
Reminiscent of the manner, style, or spirit of Byzantine politics; intricate, complicated; inflexible, rigid, unyielding.
Also as in:
Another problem facing the technology companies is the Byzantine
nature of today’s online advertising. WSJ Feb 17, 2018
Byzantium (now Istanbul) was filled with mystics, wars, and political infighting-and the word Byzantine became synonymous with anything characteristic of the city or empire, from architecture to intrigue.
answered 4 hours ago
lbf
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... employees complain that this methodology is byzantine!
byzantine OED
adj. often not capitalized M-Webster
Reminiscent of the manner, style, or spirit of Byzantine politics; intricate, complicated; inflexible, rigid, unyielding.
Also as in:
Another problem facing the technology companies is the Byzantine
nature of today’s online advertising. WSJ Feb 17, 2018
Byzantium (now Istanbul) was filled with mystics, wars, and political infighting-and the word Byzantine became synonymous with anything characteristic of the city or empire, from architecture to intrigue.
answered 4 hours ago
lbf
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... employees complain that this methodology is byzantine!
byzantine OED
adj. often not capitalized M-Webster
Reminiscent of the manner, style, or spirit of Byzantine politics; intricate, complicated; inflexible, rigid, unyielding.
Also as in:
Another problem facing the technology companies is the Byzantine
nature of today’s online advertising. WSJ Feb 17, 2018
Byzantium (now Istanbul) was filled with mystics, wars, and political infighting-and the word Byzantine became synonymous with anything characteristic of the city or empire, from architecture to intrigue.
answered 4 hours ago
lbf
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... employees complain that this methodology is byzantine!
byzantine OED
adj. often not capitalized M-Webster
Reminiscent of the manner, style, or spirit of Byzantine politics; intricate, complicated; inflexible, rigid, unyielding.
Also as in:
Another problem facing the technology companies is the Byzantine
nature of today’s online advertising. WSJ Feb 17, 2018
Byzantium (now Istanbul) was filled with mystics, wars, and political infighting-and the word Byzantine became synonymous with anything characteristic of the city or empire, from architecture to intrigue.
answered 4 hours ago
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labyrinthine
Oxford Living Dictionaries gives the following definition:
1 (of a network) like a labyrinth; irregular and twisting.
‘labyrinthine streets and alleys’
1.1 (of a system) intricate and confusing.
‘labyrinthine plots and counterplots’
‘In the process, he unravelled the labyrinthine means by which a
painting bought by war profiteers and sold to German army looters
found its way into the cultural heart of Britain.’
‘For a show that has the labyrinthine, seemingly nonsensical plots of
a soap opera, that's a real accomplishment.’
‘The country's legendary bureaucracy is as labyrinthine as ever, and
its legal system opaque, with separate laws for foreign and domestic
investors.’
‘The labyrinthine diplomacy and politics of the Italian wars are the
real subject of this painstaking book about what Jem meant to others.’
...
Labyrinthine, through its maze analogy, suggests unnecessary complexity and a process that could be made much more simple.
answered 4 hours ago
tmgr
2,6321821
add a comment |
labyrinthine
Oxford Living Dictionaries gives the following definition:
1 (of a network) like a labyrinth; irregular and twisting.
‘labyrinthine streets and alleys’
1.1 (of a system) intricate and confusing.
‘labyrinthine plots and counterplots’
‘In the process, he unravelled the labyrinthine means by which a
painting bought by war profiteers and sold to German army looters
found its way into the cultural heart of Britain.’
‘For a show that has the labyrinthine, seemingly nonsensical plots of
a soap opera, that's a real accomplishment.’
‘The country's legendary bureaucracy is as labyrinthine as ever, and
its legal system opaque, with separate laws for foreign and domestic
investors.’
‘The labyrinthine diplomacy and politics of the Italian wars are the
real subject of this painstaking book about what Jem meant to others.’
...
Labyrinthine, through its maze analogy, suggests unnecessary complexity and a process that could be made much more simple.
answered 4 hours ago
tmgr
2,6321821
add a comment |
labyrinthine
Oxford Living Dictionaries gives the following definition:
1 (of a network) like a labyrinth; irregular and twisting.
‘labyrinthine streets and alleys’
1.1 (of a system) intricate and confusing.
‘labyrinthine plots and counterplots’
‘In the process, he unravelled the labyrinthine means by which a
painting bought by war profiteers and sold to German army looters
found its way into the cultural heart of Britain.’
‘For a show that has the labyrinthine, seemingly nonsensical plots of
a soap opera, that's a real accomplishment.’
‘The country's legendary bureaucracy is as labyrinthine as ever, and
its legal system opaque, with separate laws for foreign and domestic
investors.’
‘The labyrinthine diplomacy and politics of the Italian wars are the
real subject of this painstaking book about what Jem meant to others.’
...
Labyrinthine, through its maze analogy, suggests unnecessary complexity and a process that could be made much more simple.
answered 4 hours ago
tmgr
2,6321821
labyrinthine
Oxford Living Dictionaries gives the following definition:
1 (of a network) like a labyrinth; irregular and twisting.
‘labyrinthine streets and alleys’
1.1 (of a system) intricate and confusing.
‘labyrinthine plots and counterplots’
‘In the process, he unravelled the labyrinthine means by which a
painting bought by war profiteers and sold to German army looters
found its way into the cultural heart of Britain.’
‘For a show that has the labyrinthine, seemingly nonsensical plots of
a soap opera, that's a real accomplishment.’
‘The country's legendary bureaucracy is as labyrinthine as ever, and
its legal system opaque, with separate laws for foreign and domestic
investors.’
‘The labyrinthine diplomacy and politics of the Italian wars are the
real subject of this painstaking book about what Jem meant to others.’
...
Labyrinthine, through its maze analogy, suggests unnecessary complexity and a process that could be made much more simple.
answered 4 hours ago
tmgr
2,6321821
answered 4 hours ago
tmgr
2,6321821
answered 4 hours ago
tmgr
2,6321821
answered 4 hours ago
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Onerous is defined by Oxford Dictionaries as:
(of a task or responsibility) involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty.
‘he found his duties increasingly onerous’
And by Google as:
(of a task, duty, or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome.
answered 4 hours ago
Jim
29.1k857111
add a comment |
Onerous is defined by Oxford Dictionaries as:
(of a task or responsibility) involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty.
‘he found his duties increasingly onerous’
And by Google as:
(of a task, duty, or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome.
answered 4 hours ago
Jim
29.1k857111
add a comment |
Onerous is defined by Oxford Dictionaries as:
(of a task or responsibility) involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty.
‘he found his duties increasingly onerous’
And by Google as:
(of a task, duty, or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome.
answered 4 hours ago
Jim
29.1k857111
Onerous is defined by Oxford Dictionaries as:
(of a task or responsibility) involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or difficulty.
‘he found his duties increasingly onerous’
And by Google as:
(of a task, duty, or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome.
answered 4 hours ago
Jim
29.1k857111
answered 4 hours ago
Jim
29.1k857111
answered 4 hours ago
Jim
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answered 4 hours ago
Jim
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