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maladminister, v.|ˌmælædˈmɪnɪstə(r)| [f. mal- prefix + administer.] trans. To administer, execute, or manage inefficiently or badly.
1705Harcourt in Ld. Campbell Chancellors (1857) V. cxviii. 365 The government is mal-administered by corrupt persons. 1808G. Edwards Pract. Plan iii. 45 As those interests might be mal-administered. 1895Roosevelt in Atlantic Monthly Feb. 245 We will never allow the cry of party to be used as a shield in the defense of a man who maladministers the law. |