Learn English – A word to describe an excessively formal process or procedure

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I'm looking for a single word which may describe that a given process is overly formal in a sense it requires plenty of steps or involves myriad subprocesses. For instance some company is about to introduce a new development methodology and employees complain that this methodology is ??? and therefore it would be tiresome to follow it due to the fact it has many phases. The word ceremonial I think has a religious connotation. Another option is to merely use overly/exceedingly/very to emphasize this fact but it would be great if there exists a single word.

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... employees complain that this methodology is byzantine!

byzantine OED adj. often not capitalized M-Webster

Reminiscent of the manner, style, or spirit of Byzantine politics; intricate, complicated; inflexible, rigid, unyielding.

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Another problem facing the technology companies is the Byzantine nature of today’s online advertising. WSJ Feb 17, 2018

Byzantium (now Istanbul) was filled with mystics, wars, and political infighting-and the word Byzantine became synonymous with anything characteristic of the city or empire, from architecture to intrigue.

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