maladminister

[mal-uh d-min-uh-ster]

verb (used with object)

to administer or manage badly or inefficiently: The mayor was a bungler who maladministered the city budget.

Origin of maladminister

First recorded in 1695–1705; mal- + administer

Related formsmal·ad·min·is·tra·tion, nounmal·ad·min·is·tra·tor, noun

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Historical Examples of maladministration

There was a growing impression of maladministration at Washington.
The Negro and the Nation
George S. Merriam
An impeachment is a trial of a high officer of state for maladministration of his office.
Charles I
Jacob Abbott
For his maladministration, gross as it had been, excuses were found.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Clive was called upon to put an end to the maladministration of Bengal.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.
William Hunt
He will be long remembered as the one oasis in a desert of maladministration.
Chicago, Satan's Sanctum
L. O. Curon

British Dictionary definitions for maladministration

maladministration

noun

bad, inefficient, or dishonest management of the affairs of an organization, such as a business or institution

maladminister

verb

(tr) to administer badly, inefficiently, or dishonestly

Derived Formsmaladministrator, noun

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Word Origin and History for maladministration

also mal-administration, 1640s, from mal- + administration.