† malmanagementn.
Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.
Mismanagement; bad administration.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful management
misgovernancea1449
misexecution1535
misconveying1540
misgovernment1600
misdemeanour1641
misdirecting1647
mismanagement1659
malmanagement1675
mal-execution1689
misconduct1705
mismanage1705
mal-organization1841
1675 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1905) III. 205 For incurradgment of trade..quhilk by malmanagment..is lyk to decay.
1738 W. Ellis Timber-tree i. 90 At best this is but Male-management.
1776 in A. H. Millar First Hist. Dundee (1923) 155 The Provost..commonly is Two year in his Office, unless there were any malmanagement then they would bring him doun at the end of his first year.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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