maladministration

verb (used with object)

1. to administer or manage badly or inefficiently: The mayor was a bungler who maladministered the city budget.

noun

1. bad, inefficient, or dishonest management of the affairs of an organization, such as a business or institution

verb

1. (tr) to administer badly, inefficiently, or dishonestly

n.also mal-administration, 1640s, from mal- + administration.