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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.
[See Mal and Administer.] Bad management of public affairs; vicious or defective conduct in administration, or the performance of official duties, particularly of executive and ministerial duties, prescribed by law; as the maladministration of a king, or of any chief magistrate.

Definition 2024


maladministration

maladministration

English

Noun

maladministration (plural maladministrations)

  1. 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.