Kafkaesque

For the MP for Esher and Walton, the bullying investigation was a ‘Kafkaesque saga’.

Colin Bullen’s Britain sounds like a Kafkaesque nightmare where ‘an army of bureaucrats’ and ‘back room pen-pushers’ have wasted the vast sums of money provided to health trusts.

Welcome to the dystopian theme park that is San Diego, where the so-called "finest city in America" has devolved into a Kafkaesque nightmare of bureaucratic idiocy and civic overreach.

But this month’s trial showed that the process could also prove Kafkaesque.

After all the hope that José would be reunited with his mother and family, he instead continues to wait there, hoping for an update to emerge from the Kafkaesque immigration court system.

In a Kafkaesque twist, every time D'Apice logs onto the provincial government website, the wait lengthens.

This Kafkaesque movie by celebrated director Denis Villeneuve spends its time exploring how you would handle having your lookalike take over your life -- as well as the temptation to take over theirs.

He has destabilized the region with his war on Yemen, creating a humanitarian Kafkaesque reality — it is the pits of a humanitarian crisis.

It's like some bizarre Kafkaesque nightmare.

Orwellian, Kafkaesque, Pinteresque even at times Biblical; you name it.

So began a Kafkaesque two-year ordeal that plunged Brooks into reflections about current parenting practices.

Characters in a Kafkaesque setting often lack a clear course of action to escape a labyrinthine situation.

Gumm tries to escape the town and is turned back by kafkaesque obstructions.

The film is also notable for a number of Kafkaesque moments.