English Dictionary

bureaucratic inertia

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(government) The inevitable tendency of bureaucratic organizations to perpetuate their established procedures, even if they are counterproductive or diametrically opposed to their set goals.

日本語の意味

官僚組織が、目的に反していても既存の手続きを継続し、変革が進まない性質。 / 官僚的な機構において、合理性や効率性を欠いた既定の手続きが硬直的に守られる現象。

Despite clear evidence that the program was failing, bureaucratic inertia prevented the agency from abandoning its outdated procedures.

その計画が失敗している明白な証拠があったにもかかわらず、官僚的慣性のためにその機関は旧来の手続きを放棄できなかった。

意味（1）

(government) The inevitable tendency of bureaucratic organizations to perpetuate their established procedures, even if they are counterproductive or diametrically opposed to their set goals.

bureaucratic inertias （ plural ）