functionary

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Synonyms: functional, functionally, functionate, fictionary, factionary, auctionary, fractionary, sanctionary, functionals

Antonyms: functional, functionally, functionate, fictionary, factionary, auctionary, fractionary, sanctionary, functionals

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|any administrator in any bureaucratic system}} 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.
2. {{senseid|en|bureaucrat or apparatchik with negative force or effect}} Such a person who is [[petty]], [[pedantic]], [[short-sighted]], [[uncaring]], or [[counterproductive]]; sometimes also with implication of being [[amoral]] or [[corrupt]].

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