SINCE 1828
mismanage
verb
mis·man·age
| \ ˌmis-ˈma-nij
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mismanaged;
mismanaging
Definition of mismanage
: 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 … 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
Other Words from mismanage
mismanagement
\ ˌmis-ˈma-nij-mənt
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noun,
plural mismanagements
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noun,
plural mismanagements
financial mismanagement of the company
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mismanage
verb
English Language Learners Definition of mismanage
: to manage or control (something) badly
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