cumbersome, adjective, /ˈkʌmbəsəm/ 1 a process or system that is cumbersome is slow and...
cumbersome, adjective, /ˈkʌmbəsəm/ 1 a process or system that is cumbersome is slow and...
bureaucracy, noun,/bjʊˈrɑːkrəsi/ 1 a complicated official system that is annoying or co...
up-to-date, up to date, adjective,/'ʌptə'det / 1 including all the latest information. ...
bloat, noun,/blot/ too much growth. budget/bureaucratic bloat.The company became an exa...
envy, verb,/'ɛnvi/ 1 to wish that you had someone else’s possessions, abilities etc. I ...
feed, verb,/fid/,past tense and past participle fed /fed/feed somebody up to give someo...
prune, verb,/ˈpruːn/ 1 (also prune something ↔︎ back) to cut off some of the branches o...
scrutiny, noun, /'skrutəni/ careful and thorough examination of someone or something.th...
peruse, verb, /pə'ruz/ to read something, especially in a careful way.to examine or rea...
lean, verb, /liːn/, past tense and past participle leaned (or leant/lɛnt/ especially Br...
hog, noun, /hɔɡ/ 1 a pig, especially one that is kept and made fat for eating. a hog fa...
brunt, noun, /brʌnt/bear/take/suffer etc the brunt of something to receive the worst p...
regret, verb,/rɪ'ɡrɛt/ 1 to feel sorry about something you have done and wish you had n...
greed, noun, /ɡrid/ a strong desire for more food, money, power, possessions etc than y...
select, adjective,/sə'lɛkt/ 1 a select group of people or things is a small special gro...
bear, verb, /bɛr/,past tense bore /bɔr/, past participle borne/bɔrn/ bear/keep somebody...
fortress, noun, /'fɔrtrəs/ a large strong building used for defending an important plac...
doable, adjective(spoken, not before noun),/'duəbl/ able to be done or completed. If so...
bearing, noun,/'bɛrɪŋ/ 1 have a bearing on something / have some bearing on something /...
mechanistic, adjective, /ˌmekə'nɪstɪk/ tending to explain the behaviour of things in th...