maladministration

mal·ad·min·is·ter

(măl′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.

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maladministration

(ˌmælədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən)

bad, inefficient, or dishonest management of the affairs of an organization, such as a business or institution

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maladministration

noun mismanagement, incompetence, inefficiency, misrule, corruption, blundering, bungling, malpractice, dishonesty, malfeasance (Law), misgovernment a request to investigate a claim about maladministration

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maladministration

[ˈmælədˌmɪnɪsˈtreɪʃən] N → mala administración f

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maladministration

[ˌmælədmɪnɪˈstreɪʃ^ən] n → mauvaise gestion f

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maladministration

n → schlechte Verwaltung

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Let me next endeavour to show what is that fault in States which is the cause of their present maladministration, and what is the least change which will enable a State to pass into the truer form; and let the change, if possible, be of one thing only, or if not, of two; at any rate, let the changes be as few and slight as possible.

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