mismanagern.

Brit.

/(ˌ)mɪsˈmanᵻdʒə/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒər/

Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and manager n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, manager n.

Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + manager n., perhaps after mismanaging n., mismanagement n.

A bad manager; a person guilty of mismanagement or maladministration.

ΚΠ

1683 in W. Maitland Hist. Edinb. (1753) i. vi. 104 Mismanadgers and Imbezlers of the Common Good.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 258. ⁋3 I would fain ask any of the present Mismanagers, Why should not Rope-dancers [etc.]..appear again on our Stage?

1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 12 A long and unbroken pedigree of mismanagers.

1816 T. Jefferson Let. 12 July in Writings (1984) 1400 We must live, as they now do, on oatmeal and potatoes; have no time to think, no means of calling the mismanagers to account.

1862 Public Opin. 26 July Contents The Mismanagement and Mismanagers in the War Department.

1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 23 July (Metro section) b3 He more frequently chides ‘the mayor and his mismanagers’ for what he claims is their inept performance in office in the last four years.

1991 Rev. Anthropol. 20 51 Their bureaucrats became corrupt, lazy, irrational mismanagers, and everything they do tumbles back on them in ruination.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mismanager
释义	mismanagern. Brit. /(ˌ)mɪsˈmanᵻdʒə/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒər/ Forms: see mis- prefix¹ and manager n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, manager n. Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + manager n., perhaps after mismanaging n., mismanagement n. A bad manager; a person guilty of mismanagement or maladministration. ΚΠ 1683 in W. Maitland Hist. Edinb. (1753) i. vi. 104 Mismanadgers and Imbezlers of the Common Good. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 258. ⁋3 I would fain ask any of the present Mismanagers, Why should not Rope-dancers [etc.]..appear again on our Stage? 1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 12 A long and unbroken pedigree of mismanagers. 1816 T. Jefferson Let. 12 July in Writings (1984) 1400 We must live, as they now do, on oatmeal and potatoes; have no time to think, no means of calling the mismanagers to account. 1862 Public Opin. 26 July Contents The Mismanagement and Mismanagers in the War Department. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 23 July (Metro section) b3 He more frequently chides ‘the mayor and his mismanagers’ for what he claims is their inept performance in office in the last four years. 1991 Rev. Anthropol. 20 51 Their bureaucrats became corrupt, lazy, irrational mismanagers, and everything they do tumbles back on them in ruination. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1683
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