mismanage
[mis-man-ij]
- to manage incompetently or dishonestly: to mismanage funds.
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Origin of mismanage
Synonyms
See more synonyms for mismanage on Thesaurus.commishandle, bungle, botch, maladminister.
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Examples from the Web for mismanagement
Contemporary Examples
It was a mismanagement situation that led to me not acting for 10 months.
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November 21, 2014
Some have been a result of mismanagement; others, simply horrible coincidences.
Nor will Hillary repeat the tactical blunders, disarray and mismanagement of her previous presidential effort.
And Arnold, a former supporter of Christie, said his gross misjudgment and mismanagement in Bridgegate has turned her.
Yes, both were problems of mismanagement, incompetence, neglect, and disinterest.
Historical Examples
To the mismanagement of the guides is attributed much of the blame for its failure.
Chronicles of Border WarfareAlexander Scott Withers
"Then there must be some gross mismanagement, sir," said Dunn, haughtily.
Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2)Charles James Lever
But now they could not fail to see that, in some points at least, there had been gross mismanagement.
Four Years in Rebel CapitalsT. C. DeLeon
The proof of it was the mismanagement of the rebel interests.
The Education of Henry AdamsHenry Adams
It must be the fruit of our own mismanagement or slothfulness or vices.
mismanage
- (tr) to manage badly or wrongly
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Word Origin and History for mismanagement
1660s; see mis- (1) + management.
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