maladminister

American

[mal-uhd-min-uh-ster] / ˌmæl ədˈmɪn ə stər /

verb (used with object)

to administer or manage badly or inefficiently.

The mayor was a bungler who maladministered the city budget.

maladminister British

/ ˌmælədˈmɪnɪstə /

verb

(tr) to administer badly, inefficiently, or dishonestly

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Other Word Forms

maladministration noun
maladministrator noun

Etymology

Origin of maladminister

First recorded in 1695–1705; mal- + administer

Example Sentences

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The house in which I am writing is wonderful enough, really; one of the few that have outlived 1812—old, thick walls, as in Schönhausen, Oriental architecture, Moorish, large rooms, almost entirely occupied by the chancery officers, who administer, or maladminister, Jussupow's estates.

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