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maladminister

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mal⋅ad⋅min⋅is⋅ter

  [mal-uhd-min-uh-ster]
Use maladminister in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
to administer or manage badly or inefficiently: The mayor was a bungler who maladministered the city budget.
Origin:
1695–1705; mal- + administer

Related forms:
mal⋅ad⋅min⋅is⋅tra⋅tion, noun
mal⋅ad⋅min⋅is⋅tra⋅tor, noun
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mal·ad·min·is·ter   (māl'əd-mĭn'ĭ-stər)   
tr.v.   mal·ad·min·is·tered, mal·ad·min·is·ter·ing, mal·ad·min·is·ters
To administer or manage inefficiently or dishonestly.
mal'ad·min'is·tra'tion n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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