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malexecution

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Bad execution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • October 12 1832, Daniel Webster, speech delivered at the National Republican Convention at Worcester, Massachusetts Political proscription leads necessarily to the filling of offices with incompetent persons, and to a consequent malexecution of official duties.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From mal- + execution.