Malexecution

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Bad execution. uncountable

    "October 12 1832, Daniel Webster, speech delivered at the National Republican Convention at Worcester, Massachusetts Political proscription leads necessarily to the filling of offices with incompetent persons, and to a consequent malexecution of official duties."

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"October 12 1832, Daniel Webster, speech delivered at the National Republican Convention at Worcester, Massachusetts Political proscription leads necessarily to the filling of offices with incompetent persons, and to a consequent malexecution of official duties."

Etymology

From mal- + execution.

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