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Bureaucracy score
2/10
Mostly Harmless
Slightly stiff, but it says something.
Where it came from
- Buzzwords
- 1+1.2
- Passive voice
- 0
- Hedging
- 0
- Actual meaning
- 40%+1
1 recognised phrase from the glossary.
Someone is doing the doing.
No escape hatches.
40% of the words carry content. The rest is scaffolding.
Counted from the text, not estimated. The same sentence always scores the same. A playful measure of style, not a judgement of anyone who writes this way.
What you gave us
20% of these words are jargon
The ADM has for expenditures above this threshold.
Highlighted phrases are in our glossary. Select one for the definition. The darker the shade, the more bureaucratic the term.
- Plain
- Some government-speak
- Maximum bureaucracy
Plain English
Written by a personA specific senior position holds the formal power to approve this. Find out who that is before you go further. (ADM = Assistant Deputy Minister)
Terms in this
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Confidence
High confidence
'Delegated authority' has a consistent meaning across departments.
Readability
27→70
About 43 points easier to read. Approximate measure only.
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