Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Faulty management of affairs; vicious or defective conduct in the performance of official duties, particularly of executive and ministerial duties prescribed by law. Formerly
maleadministration .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Bad administration; bad management of any business, especially of public affairs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Faulty ,inefficient orimproper management oradministration , especially by agovernment body.
Etymologies
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Examples
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This maladministration is all about propaganda, from the military office dedicated to producing such, to Walter Williams and Maggie Gallagher, paid to write such, to the faux "newscasts" produced by the maladministration and pawned off on TV stations as supposed straight news stories.
Balkinization 2006
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This maladministration is all about propaganda, from the military office dedicated to producing such, to Walter Williams and Maggie Gallagher, paid to write such, to the faux "newscasts" produced by the maladministration and pawned off on TV stations as supposed straight news stories.
Balkinization 2006
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This maladministration is all about propaganda, from the military office dedicated to producing such, to Walter Williams and Maggie Gallagher, paid to write such, to the faux "newscasts" produced by the maladministration and pawned off on TV stations as supposed straight news stories.
Balkinization 2006
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This maladministration is all about propaganda, from the military office dedicated to producing such, to Walter Williams and Maggie Gallagher, paid to write such, to the faux "newscasts" produced by the maladministration and pawned off on TV stations as supposed straight news stories.
Balkinization 2006
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This maladministration is all about propaganda, from the military office dedicated to producing such, to Walter Williams and Maggie Gallagher, paid to write such, to the faux "newscasts" produced by the maladministration and pawned off on TV stations as supposed straight news stories.
Balkinization 2006
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This maladministration is all about propaganda, from the military office dedicated to producing such, to Walter Williams and Maggie Gallagher, paid to write such, to the faux "newscasts" produced by the maladministration and pawned off on TV stations as supposed straight news stories.
Balkinization 2006
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This maladministration is all about propaganda, from the military office dedicated to producing such, to Walter Williams and Maggie Gallagher, paid to write such, to the faux "newscasts" produced by the maladministration and pawned off on TV stations as supposed straight news stories.
Balkinization 2006
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This maladministration is all about propaganda, from the military office dedicated to producing such, to Walter Williams and Maggie Gallagher, paid to write such, to the faux "newscasts" produced by the maladministration and pawned off on TV stations as supposed straight news stories.
Balkinization 2006
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This maladministration is all about propaganda, from the military office dedicated to producing such, to Walter Williams and Maggie Gallagher, paid to write such, to the faux "newscasts" produced by the maladministration and pawned off on TV stations as supposed straight news stories.
Balkinization 2006
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This maladministration is all about propaganda, from the military office dedicated to producing such, to Walter Williams and Maggie Gallagher, paid to write such, to the faux "newscasts" produced by the maladministration and pawned off on TV stations as supposed straight news stories.
Balkinization 2006
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