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maladministration|ˌmælædmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən|
Also 7–9 male-.
[f. mal- prefix + administration.]
Faulty administration; inefficient or improper management of affairs, esp. public affairs.
1644Heylin Stumbling-block Tracts (1681) 681 The people had not only power to elect their Magistrates, but to call them also to accompt, in case of mal-administration. 1647J. Saltmarsh Spark. Glory (1847) 161 Independency, Presbytery, Baptism,..and all other male-administrations. 1735Bolingbroke Lett. Hist. ii. (1752) 36 King James's mal-administration rendered a revolution necessary and practicable. 1809Kendall Trav. I. iv. 26 Call any court or magistrate..to an account for any misdemeanor or male administration. 1863H. Cox Instit. iii. viii. 711 The maladministration of the army had been the subject of complaints.
b. occas. The irregular administration of a religious rite.
a1655Vines Lord's Supp. (1677) 259 So that their mal⁓administration bring not epidemick judgements upon us.
So maladministrator, one who is guilty of maladministration.
1866Q. Rev. Oct. 547 Maladministration in every department begins..the moment the maladministrators can say, ‘Blame us as you please, but you cannot supplant us’. |