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maladminister

[ mal-uhd-min-uh-ster ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to administer or manage badly or inefficiently:

    The mayor was a bungler who maladministered the city budget.

maladminister

/ ˌmælədˈmɪnɪstə /

verb

  1. tr to administer badly, inefficiently, or dishonestly

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Derived Forms

  • ˌmaladˈminisˌtrator, noun

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Other Words From

  • malad·minis·tration noun
  • malad·minis·trator noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of maladminister1

First recorded in 1695–1705; mal- + administer

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