maladministerv.
/ˌmaladˈmɪnᵻstə/, U.S. /ˈˌmælˌædˈmɪnᵻstər/ transitive. To administer, execute, or manage inefficiently or badly. Frequently in passive.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > manage unskilfully
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1649 J. Lilburne in J. Lilburne et al. Picture Councel of State 7 If a Parliament should execute the Law they might doe palpable injustice, and male administer it.
1705 Visct. Harcourt in Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors (1846) IV. cxviii. 445 The government is mal-administered by corrupt persons.
1808 G. Edwards Plain Pract. Plan iii. 45 As those interests might be mal-administered.
1895 Roosevelt 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.
1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 June 647/1 The property was maladministered by his uncle.
1991 Independent 3 Dec. 18/1 In spite of the introduction of professional managers, many [hospitals] are still visibly maladministered. They are..scruffy, dirty, unpleasant and thoroughly inefficient.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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