faceless bureaucrat
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The desk-killer operates from within a network of other faceless functionaries radiating in every direction and in which the sense of responsibility could be passed along from faceless bureaucrat to faceless bureaucrat with the greatest of ease, as if it is nothing but an item passed along a conveyor belt on a mass-production line."
- "If you want a parliamentary democracy with responsible and accountable ministers, you have to complement the high-profile political role of a minister with that of a neutral, faceless bureaucrat, confined to the role of an adviser."
- "The faceless bureaucrat, the rigidly rule-bound and unresponsive public servant, the mysterious labyrinth of corridors, the long customer service wait times—these are all part of the imagery of public bureaucracy deeply imbedded in American culture."
- "[...] when cancer therapy tends to hit the press is when access to a new therapy is denied someone, usually presented as a variant of the staple news story of 'patient refused life-saving drug by faceless bureaucrat'."
- "Probably the most powerful of the myths about the modern administrative state concerns the identity of the typical bureaucrat. The faceless bureaucrat of myth is inefficient and lazy on one hand, aggressive and hyperactive in meddling in people's lives on the other. But in truth bureaucrats are ordinary people."
Usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
cog in the machine
Frequently Paired Words
drone
cog in the machine