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Webster 1913 Edition
Maladministration
Malˊad-minˊis-tra′tion
,Noun.
[
Mal-
+ administration
.] Bad administration; bad management of any business, especially of public affairs.
[Written also
maleadministration
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Maladministration
MALADMINISTRA'TION
,Noun.
Definition 2025
maladministration
maladministration
English
Noun
maladministration (plural maladministrations)
- Faulty, inefficient or improper management or administration, especially by a government body.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 315-6:
- Annual auditing was a farce, and since the Chambre de Justice had fallen into disuse after 1716, judicial checks on financial maladministration were non-existent.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 315-6: