Synonyms for maladministration
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Noun
1. Mismanagement — faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; (countable)…
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Definitions
- n. 1
Faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; (countable) an instance of this.
Near-synonyms: mismanagement, misgovernance
Forms
- Plural
- maladministrations → mismanagements, misgovernances, misrules…
Example sentences
- mismanagement Algeria is suffering from economic mismanagement.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| maladministration | falling | |
| mismanagement | steady | |
| misgovernance | steady | |
| misadministration | rising | |
| misrule | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- misrule2
- 13 letters
- mismanagement4, misgovernance
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (misrule2 = 2 syllables).