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misadministration

misadministration

8.3
Poor management of an organization or its money
  • noun
  • /ˌmɪsˌæd.mɪn.ɪˈstreɪ.ʃən/
translation icon : mala administración
  • The report highlighted severe issues resulting from the misadministration of public funds, leading to a lack of essential services.

Examples

  • Many citizens were unhappy with the misadministration of the city's resources, which resulted in inadequate public transportation.

  • The revelations over the past few months of crimes committed by this misadministration have forced me to change my mind.

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  • Community leaders demanded accountability for the misadministration that caused significant delays in disaster relief efforts.

Synonyms

incompetence
vsmisadministration
92 4.4

Failing to do a job well because of lack of skill

focuses on poor handling or improper running rather than personal lack of ability
mismanagement
vsmisadministration
29 5.3

Careless running of an organization or its money

is the formal poor running of tasks or services rather than casual errors
maladministration
vsmisadministration
  • Literature
1 8.5

Poor or dishonest management of public services

is poor or inefficient handling without necessarily involving dishonesty
misgovernment
vsmisadministration
1 8.4

Bad running of a country by people in charge who are inefficient and dishonest

is the act of poor running or administration in general rather than only leaders
misdirection
vsmisadministration
1 6.8

Poor management of people, money, or work

is about poor management of an organization or service rather than mere redirection
misgovernance
vsmisadministration
8.9

Government that works badly and causes problems for people

is about general managing failures not limited to ruling or policy
malgovernment
vsmisadministration
  • Archaic
8.8

Government that is dishonest, unfair, or does not help people

is about poor administration broadly, not only corruption or control issues

Antonyms

161 3.3

Managing and organizing the work of a government or organization

How Well Administered

misadministration
8.3
mismanagement
29 5.3
corruption
355 4.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

misadministration = administration (transparent) = mis + administration

Formed by the productive prefix 'mis-' (wrongly/badly) added to the familiar noun 'administration', so the overall meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word misadministration is made of mis- meaning 'wrong' or 'badly' and administration from administer meaning 'to manage' or 'to run'. So a misadministration is when something is managed or run poorly.