mismanage
verb
mis·man·age ˌmis-ˈma-nij 
mismanaged; mismanaging
transitive verb
: to manage (something) wrongly or poorly
mismanage a business
… started thinking that maybe employees are sometimes mismanaged because they let themselves be mismanaged. They don't fight back.
A. J. Anderson
A. J. Anderson… even those professional Pollyannas who publicly find reason to praise the current municipal administration shake their heads in private and wonder how long we can go on deliberately mismanaging our affairs. Brendan Gill
Brendan Gill mismanagement
ˌmis-ˈma-nij-mənt
noun plural mismanagements
financial mismanagement of the company
Synonyms
- maladminister
- misconduct
- misgovern
- mishandle
- misrule
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Word History
First Known Use
1651, in the meaning defined above
mismanage
verb
as in to misgovern
to manage badly the business was mismanaged so seriously that it eventually had to declare bankruptcy Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- misgovern
- misconduct
- damage
- mishandle
- misrule
- violate
- abuse
- mistreat
- misuse
- botch
- bungle
- maladminister
- harm
- maltreat
- hurt
- ill-treat
- ill-use
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- manage
- govern
- handle
- husband
- rule
- protect
- help
- care (for)
- aid
- nurture
- rescue