noun
- lengthy and complicated procedures or processes that seem unnecessary or confusing
Usage: plural form of rigmarole
Examples
- The new employee had to go through several rigmaroles before getting her ID card.
- I’m tired of all these rigmaroles just to register for classes.
- The insurance company put us through endless rigmaroles before approving the claim.
- Why do we need these rigmaroles when a simple form would suffice?
- The bureaucratic rigmaroles delayed the project by months.
- She avoided the usual rigmaroles by applying online instead.