administrative

Definition

The adjective form that describes anything involving the tedious paperwork, rules, and organizational structure that makes institutions actually function—or more accurately, the reason you're filling out forms instead of doing actual work. It's the bureaucratic glue holding civilization together, one memo at a time.

Example Usage

The administrative costs of processing the merger exceeded the projected savings by 40 percent, to absolutely no one's surprise.

Source: Common business and organizational terminology

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