male-administration

A form of maladministration — Faulty, improper, or inefficient administration or management, especially by a government body; (countable) an instance of this.

First used 17th–18th c.
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Meanings

nounmale-administration (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of maladministration.First known use 17th–18th c.

    Mean vvhile, he reſumed his taſk; and having finiſhed a moſt ſevere remonſtrance against Sir Steady, not only vvith regard to his private ingratitude, but also to his male-adminiſtration of public affairs, he ſent it to the author of a vveekly paper, […]

    1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “He Writes against the Minister, by whose Instigation He is Arrested, and Moves Himself by Habeas Corpus into the Fleet”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume IV, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, page 149
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