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Maladministration

//ˌmælədˌmɪnɪˈstɹeɪʃn̩// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; (countable) an instance of this. uncountable

    "Near-synonyms: mismanagement, misgovernance"

  2. 2
    An act of incorrectly administering a religious rite; also, a religious group that permits such a practice. countable, obsolete

    "[…] I vvould have the Sacraments on their vvheels, and yet ſo that their mal-adminiſtration bring not epidemick judgements upon us, as the receiving unvvorthily did on the Church of Corinth."

Etymology

PIE word *h₂éd From mal- (prefix meaning ‘bad; badly’) + administration.

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