See maladministration in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˌmælədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "maleadministration"
},
{
"alt": "17th–18th c.",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "male-administration"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sūʔ ʔidāra",
"sense": "faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this",
"word": "سُوء إدَارَة"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐzhèng",
"sense": "faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "秕政"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shīzhèng",
"sense": "faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this",
"word": "失政"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this",
"word": "virkavirhe"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maladministration"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prévarication"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Misswirtschaft"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kakodioíkisi",
"sense": "faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κακοδιοίκηση"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this",
"word": "hivatali visszaélés"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "óráðsía"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "malamministrazione"
},
{
"alt": "あくせい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "akusei",
"sense": "faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this",
"word": "悪政"
},
{
"alt": "ひせい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hisei",
"sense": "faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this",
"word": "秕政"
},
{
"alt": "しっせい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shissei",
"sense": "faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this",
"word": "失政"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "duṟbharaṇaṁ",
"sense": "faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this",
"word": "ദുർഭരണം"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; an instance of this",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mì-riaghladaireachd"
}
],
"word": "maladministration"
}
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