mismanage
/mɪsˈmanɪdʒ
/verb [with object]
Manage (something) badly or wrongly: he was accused of mismanaging the economy...
- If anyone working in the private sector mismanaged a budget as badly as the council has, they would be sacked.
- I have used grounded research to explore how middle managers might facilitate or inhibit change by managing or mismanaging the emotions of their employees.
- This was also partly meant to convince the colonialists that the Africans were ready to manage or mismanage their own affairs.
Synonyms
botch, bungle, fluff, fumble, make a mess of, mishandle, misdirect, misgovern, misconduct, mar, spoil, ruin, mangle, wreck
informal make a hash of, muff, mess up, muck up, foul up, screw up, bitch up
British informal make a muck of, cock up, make a pig's ear of, make a Horlicks of
vulgar slang fuck up, balls up
