maladministration
English
Alternative forms
- male-administration, maleadministration
Etymology
From mal- + administration.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /malədmɪnɪˈstɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
maladministration (countable and uncountable, plural maladministrations)
- Faulty, inefficient or improper management or administration, especially by a government body. [from 17th c.]
- 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.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 315-6: