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maladminister

mal·ad·min·is·ter
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mal-uh d-min-uh-ster]
    • /ˌmæl ədˈmɪn ə stər/
    • /mˈalədmˌɪnɪstə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mal-uh d-min-uh-ster]
    • /ˌmæl ədˈmɪn ə stər/

Definitions of maladminister word

  • verb with object maladminister to administer or manage badly or inefficiently: The mayor was a bungler who maladministered the city budget. 1
  • noun maladminister Manage or administer inefficiently or dishonestly. 1
  • verb maladminister to administer badly, inefficiently, or dishonestly 0
  • verb transitive maladminister to administer badly; conduct (as public affairs) corruptly or inefficiently 0
  • verb maladminister To administer wrongly or badly. 0
See all 5 definitions of maladminister

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Origin of maladminister

First appearance:

before 1695
One of the 49% oldest English words
First recorded in 1695-1705; mal- + administer

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Parts of speech for Maladminister

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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maladminister popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for maladminister

verb maladminister

  • abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
  • blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
  • blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
  • botch — If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily.
  • bungle — If you bungle something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
All 33 Synonyms of maladminister

Antonyms for maladminister

verb maladminister

  • handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
  • manage — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
  • benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
  • honor — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
  • respect — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
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