Misadminister

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To administer wrongly or badly.

    "Congress, investing Washington with the same extraordinary powers they had given him after the affair at Trenton, quietly slipped away to York, where they continued to misadminister their affairs."

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"Congress, investing Washington with the same extraordinary powers they had given him after the affair at Trenton, quietly slipped away to York, where they continued to misadminister their affairs."

Etymology

From mis- + administer.

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