maladministration
noun
mal·ad·min·is·tra·tion
ˌma-ləd-ˌmi-nə-ˈstrā-shən 
1
: corrupt or incompetent administration (as of a public office)
2
: incorrect administration (as of a drug)
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Saying so much about the administration, or maladministration, of justice.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Dec. 2024
Disgust, because the city’s maladministration has gone on for so long.
—Colbert I. King, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
The consequence is untold waste, fraud, maladministration and lawlessness.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2024
Many of America’s great cities are collapsing into squalor and depravity, in part because of the maladministration that a year-zero mentality produces.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
That sequence of events might convey to the casual observer that the conditions the Gazan people are presently enduring are a function of their government’s recklessness, inhumanity, and general commitment to maladministration.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 26 Oct. 2023
Aside from a potential prison sentence for a felony conviction, a charge of bribery, corruption, malpractice, or maladministration could be grounds for impeachment under the New Hampshire Constitution.
—Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
Examples could include the maladministration of AI systems designed to regulate and safeguard nuclear power stations, leading to meltdown and the release of radiation into the atmosphere.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 3 May 2023
An election of every four years will prevent maladministration.
Col.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2020
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Dec. 2024
Disgust, because the city’s maladministration has gone on for so long.
—Colbert I. King, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
The consequence is untold waste, fraud, maladministration and lawlessness.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 2 Feb. 2024
Many of America’s great cities are collapsing into squalor and depravity, in part because of the maladministration that a year-zero mentality produces.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
That sequence of events might convey to the casual observer that the conditions the Gazan people are presently enduring are a function of their government’s recklessness, inhumanity, and general commitment to maladministration.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 26 Oct. 2023
Aside from a potential prison sentence for a felony conviction, a charge of bribery, corruption, malpractice, or maladministration could be grounds for impeachment under the New Hampshire Constitution.
—Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
Examples could include the maladministration of AI systems designed to regulate and safeguard nuclear power stations, leading to meltdown and the release of radiation into the atmosphere.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 3 May 2023
An election of every four years will prevent maladministration.
Col.
—James Freeman, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2020
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maladministration
noun
mal·ad·min·is·tra·tion
ˌmal-əd-ˌmin-ə-ˈstrā-shən
: incorrect administration (as of a drug)
maladministration of insulin
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