maladministration
/ˌmælədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; (countable) an instance of this.
Uncountable
noun
An act of incorrectly administering a religious rite; also, a religious group that permits such a practice.
Countable; Obsolete
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: mismanagement, misgovernance"
- "To combat maladministration and improve government efficiency, the ombudsman was established to function as an independent watchdog."
- "At noon home to dinner, and much good discourse with him [Roger Pepys], he being mighty sensible of our misery and mal-administration. Talking of these straits we are in, he tells me that my Lord Arlington [Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington] did the last week take up £12,000 in gold, which is very likely, for all was taken up that could be."
- "Mean vvhile, he reſumed his taſk; and having finiſhed a moſt ſevere remonſtrance against Sir Steady, not only vvith regard to his private ingratitude, but also to his male-adminiſtration of public affairs, he ſent it to the author of a vveekly paper, […]"
- "[A] vvrit of error lies from hence [the court of justice-seat] to the court of king's bench, to rectify and redreſs any mal-adminiſtrations of juſtice; […]"
- "[W]hat I wanted to get at was this fact, that the liquor traffic was, through the maladministration of the Government, opened up in a community that expected to be kept free from it. The safeguards of a prohibitory law were broken down, and the resulting debauchery took place."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌmælədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/
- British English: /ˌmælədˌmɪnɪˈstɹeɪʃn̩/