any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape
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hew v penetrate injuriously v refuse to acknowledge v shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of v weed out unwanted or unnecessary things v dissolve by breaking down the fat of v have a reducing effect v cease, stop v reduce in scope while retaining essential elements v lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture v have grow through the gums v grow through the gums v cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
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s not tacit or implied s without unnecessary stops
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unnecessary elaborateness in details
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impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur