3
maladministration
3
misconstruction(noun, misinterpretation)
3
misfeasance
3
mismanagement(noun, abuse, waste, misuse, unskillfulness)
3
mistake(noun, lapse, error, blunder, misunderstanding)
3
prostitution(noun, wrong, abuse, harm, waste)
3
waste(noun, ruin, harm, use, corruption)
2
aberration(noun, neglect, confusion, fault, lapse)
2
anachronism
2
corruption(noun, wrong, abuse, harm, waste)
2
crime(noun, wrong, abuse, neglect, fault)
2
delusion(noun, confusion, fault, mistake, lapse)
2
distortion
2
diversion
2
eisegesis
2
error(noun, confusion, fault, mistake, lapse)
2
exploitation(noun, wrong, abuse, harm, waste)
2
gloss
2
illusion(noun, neglect, confusion, fault, lapse)
2
injustice(noun, wrong, abuse, neglect, fault)
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