单词 | maladministration |
释义 | maladministrationn. 1. Faulty administration; inefficient or improper management of (esp. public) affairs; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > improper or corrupt corruptionc1425 misusage1532 malversationc1550 maladministration1639 mismanagement1659 malconduct1684 1639 W. Balcanquhall Large Declar. Tumults Scotl. 253 In case of negligence, it is Suppletive in the collective bodie, as being communicate from the Commontie to the King, Cumulative not Privative: but also in case of maladministration, to returne to the collective bodie. 1658 P. Heylyn Stumbling-block of Disobedience iv. 121 The people had not only power to elect their Magistrates, but to call them also to accompt, in case of mal-administration. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 16 June (1974) VIII. 274 He being mighty sensible of our [sc. the country's] misery and maladministration. 1691 Polit. Ballads (1860) II. 27 The Nations salvation From mal-administration. 1738 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Study Hist. ii. 39 King James's Male-administration rendered a Revolution necessary and practicable. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 73 To..redress any mal-administrations of justice. 1809 E. A. Kendall Trav. Northern Parts U.S. I. iv. 26 Call any court or magistrate..to an account for any misdemeanor or male administration. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. iii. viii. 711 The maladministration of the army had been the subject of complaints. 1937 J. P. Marquand Late George Apley xxvii. 301 It is fortunately..forgotten, like so many other scandalous pieces of civic maladministration. 1986 F. Spalding Brit. Art since 1900 i. 26 The Academy was also criticized for its maladministration of the Chantry Bequest. ΚΠ 1647 J. Saltmarsh Sparkles of Glory (1847) 161 Independency, Presbytery, Baptism,..and all other male-administrations. 1656 R. Vines Treat. Inst. Lords-Supper xix. 233 So that their male administration [1660 mal-administration] bring not epidemick judgements upon us. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1639 |
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