Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Maladministration \Mal`ad*min`is*tra"tion\, n. [Mal- + administration.] Bad administration; bad management of any business, especially of public affairs. [Written also maleadministration.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also mal-administration, 1640s, from mal- + administration.
Wiktionary
n. faulty, inefficient or improper management or administration, especially by a government body.
Wikipedia
Maladministration is the actions of a government body which can be seen as causing an injustice.
The law in the United Kingdom says Ombudsman must investigate ‘maladministration’. The definition of maladministration is wide and can include:
- Delay
- Incorrect action or failure to take any action
- Failure to follow procedures or the law
- Failure to provide information
- Inadequate record-keeping
- Failure to investigate
- Failure to reply
- Misleading or inaccurate statements
- Inadequate liaison
- Inadequate consultation
- Broken promises
Usage examples of "maladministration".
He said”—Hankins read from the photocopy—“ ‘A cause for removal from office may exist where no offense against positive law has been committed, as where the individual has, from immorality, or imbecility, or maladministration, become unfit to exercise the office.
That grave injustice may occur the Duffy case has demonstrated, but I feel that it is not the taking of the photograph that has given cause to the injustice, but the inefficiency and maladministration of the police department, etc.
There had been maladministration in many cases, and apparently Cushing had quit philanthropy in disgust.
He could at times be terribly severe, as in his strictures upon Leopold and the Congo maladministration, but his customary view of life and its incidents was tolerant, though often whimsical.
To earn foreign currency, now that the plantations have all failed through maladministration, Zangaro sells most of its produce to the Russian trawlers that call.