Because of his maladministration, his company was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.
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Maladministration
//ˌmælədˌmɪnɪˈstɹeɪʃn̩//
Synonyms for "maladministration" (32 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (16)
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2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 12 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- سُوء إدَارَة noun (faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 失政 noun (faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this)
- 秕政 noun (faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this)
Finnish
1 entries- virkavirhe noun (faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this)
French
2 entries- maladministration noun (faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this)
- prévarication noun (faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this)
German
1 entries- Misswirtschaft noun (faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this)
Greek
1 entries- κακοδιοίκηση noun (faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this)
Hungarian
1 entries- hivatali visszaélés noun (faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this)
Icelandic
1 entries- óráðsía noun (faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this)
Italian
1 entries- malamministrazione noun (faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this)
Japanese
3 entries- 失政 noun (faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this)
- 悪政 noun (faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this)
- 秕政 noun (faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this)
Malayalam
1 entries- ദുർഭരണം noun (faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- mì-riaghladaireachd noun (faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Near-synonyms: mismanagement, misgovernance
Source: wiktionary
To combat maladministration and improve government efficiency, the ombudsman was established to function as an independent watchdog.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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