burgeoning

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of burgeon

noun

1. The act of budding or sprouting.
2. A bud or branch.
3. (broadly)A new growth or expansion of something.

adj

1. That buds, grows or expands; developing.

   “burgeoning royal expenditure had been negligently nodded through by a complacent government and a compliant parliament at a time of renewed austerity and unemployment.”

   “Among those who study authoritarian regimes, a consensus has emerged that [US president Donald Trump's] early moves display common characteristics of burgeoning autocracies.”