mismanage

[ mis-man-ij ]

/ mɪsˈmæn ɪdʒ /

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verb (used with or without object), mis·man·aged, mis·man·ag·ing.

to manage incompetently or dishonestly: to mismanage funds.

Origin of mismanage

First recorded in 1680–90; mis-¹ + manage

SYNONYMS FOR mismanage

mishandle, bungle, botch, maladminister.

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OTHER WORDS FROM mismanage

mis·man·age·ment, nounmis·man·ag·er, noun

Words nearby mismanage

mislead, misleading, misleared, mislike, mislocate, mismanage, mismarriage, mismatch, mismate, mismove, misname

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Example sentences from the Web for mismanage

Oh, if these blundering men, who mismanage matters so, could but be made to hold their peace!
Salem Chapel, v. 2/2|Mrs. Oliphant
I can't afford to send some bungler who'd mismanage and let the sand-hills devour a half a dozen of my best legions.
The Unwilling Vestal|Edward Lucas White
Yet Themistokles, rather than allow an ignorant commander to mismanage the war against Persia, bribed him to lay down his office.
Plutarch's Lives Volume III.|Plutarch
His chief defect was his forgetfulness and absence of mind, which made him mismanage important business.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

You never would have had any property to mismanage if it hadn't been for her; and see the way you show your gratitude for it.
The Man Who Stole A Meeting-House|J. T. Trowbridge

British Dictionary definitions for mismanage

mismanage

/ (ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒ) /

verb

(tr) to manage badly or wrongly

Derived forms of mismanage

mismanagement, nounmismanager, noun

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单词	mismanage
释义	mismanage [ mis-man-ij ] / mɪsˈmæn ɪdʒ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mismanage ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with or without object), mis·man·aged, mis·man·ag·ing. to manage incompetently or dishonestly: to mismanage funds. Origin of mismanage First recorded in 1680–90; mis-¹ + manage SYNONYMS FOR mismanage mishandle, bungle, botch, maladminister. SEE SYNONYMS FOR mismanage ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM mismanage mis·man·age·ment, nounmis·man·ag·er, noun Words nearby mismanage mislead, misleading, misleared, mislike, mislocate, mismanage, mismarriage, mismatch, mismate, mismove, misname Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mismanage Oh, if these blundering men, who mismanage matters so, could but be made to hold their peace! Salem Chapel, v. 2/2\|Mrs. Oliphant I can't afford to send some bungler who'd mismanage and let the sand-hills devour a half a dozen of my best legions. The Unwilling Vestal\|Edward Lucas White Yet Themistokles, rather than allow an ignorant commander to mismanage the war against Persia, bribed him to lay down his office. Plutarch's Lives Volume III.\|Plutarch His chief defect was his forgetfulness and absence of mind, which made him mismanage important business. The Memoires of Casanova, Complete\|Jacques Casanova de Seingalt You never would have had any property to mismanage if it hadn't been for her; and see the way you show your gratitude for it. The Man Who Stole A Meeting-House\|J. T. Trowbridge British Dictionary definitions for mismanage mismanage / (ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒ) / verb (tr) to manage badly or wrongly Derived forms of mismanage mismanagement, nounmismanager, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to mismanage mishandle, botch, misinterpret, bungle, overlook, blunder, confound, fumble, fail, misconduct, muff, misgovern, mess up, maladminister
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mismanage

verb (used with or without object), mis·man·aged, mis·man·ag·ing.

Origin of mismanage

SYNONYMS FOR mismanage

OTHER WORDS FROM mismanage

Words nearby mismanage

Example sentences from the Web for mismanage

British Dictionary definitions for mismanage

verb

Derived forms of mismanage

Words related to mismanage