functionary
طرق النطق (2)
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/ˈfʌŋ(k).ʃn̩.(ə)ri/
ملاحظات النطق
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈfʌŋ(k).ʃəˌnɛ.ri/
ملاحظات النطق
- General-American
اسم
A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited authority and primarily serves to carry out a simple function for which discretion is minimal or not required.
- أمثلة
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Near-synonyms: bureaucrat; official; officer; administrator; apparatchik
Consciences are for politicians, Bernard! We are humble functionaries whose duty it is to implement the commands of our democratically elected representatives.
Such a person who is petty, pedantic, short-sighted, uncaring, or counterproductive; sometimes also with implication of being amoral or corrupt.
- أمثلة
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Near-synonyms: bureaucrat, apparatchik; paper-pusher; bean counter
اسم
a worker who holds or is invested with an office
- مرادفات
- مصطلحات أعمّ
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functionaries