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faceless bureaucrat

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Source Word

faceless bureaucrat

derogatory idiomatic usually

(idiomatic, usually derogatory) A stereotypical anonymous, interchangeable and unaccountable government official.

Japanese Meaning

顔のない官僚：匿名で、取り替え可能かつ責任を問われにくい政府関係者を揶揄する表現。 / 無名の官僚：個性や特性がなく、機械的な存在と見なされる行政官を示す。

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When I complained about the broken streetlight, a faceless bureaucrat redirected me to a website and promised to 'investigate'.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

壊れた街灯について苦情を言うと、顔の見えない官僚がウェブサイトに誘導し、『調査します』と約束した。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic, usually derogatory) A stereotypical anonymous, interchangeable and unaccountable government official.

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.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

faceless bureaucrats

（ plural ）

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