Synonyms of mismanagement

mismanagement

noun

as in mishandling

Related Words

• mishandling
• misuse
• abuse
• misapplication
• mismanaging
• mistreatment
• perversion
• maltreatment
• ill-treatment
• misusage
• destruction
• misemployment
• wrecking
• misutilization
• ill-usage
• spoiling
• corruption
• desecration
• debasement
• damage
• profanation
• prostitution
• ruin

Dissimilar Words

• use
• application
• employment
• utilization

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mismanagement

The former superintendent of the Hickman Mills School District was fired abruptly last July as the district faced state-level allegations of financial mismanagement and improper activity. — Ilana Arougheti july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026

Increasingly severe wildfires — fueled by climate change and more than a century of forest mismanagement — have forced an environmental reckoning on mountain towns nestled in California’s Sierra Nevada. — Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

But underneath run deep veins of discontent that have grown over decades of bloody repression, international sanctions and economic mismanagement, and have widened since authorities killed thousands of anti-government protesters in January. — ABC News, 9 July 2026

That's largely because key stakeholders, such as legal and HR, can't lack a reliable, consistent process to scan for signals of mismanagement that could lead to a lawsuit. — Gaby Prechner, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

That violent repression of dissent, along with widespread corruption and economic mismanagement, had appeared to pose an existential internal threat. — Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2026

By establishing minimum federal standards and regulations for private benefit plans, the law aimed to protect workers’ pensions from fraud and mismanagement. — Miranda Yaver, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

Oftentimes, league bottom feeders are bottom feeders for a reason … ineffective coaching, talent deficiency, front office mismanagement, etc. — Jim Reineking, USA Today, 29 June 2026

Protesters, opposition and rights groups allege the railway station disaster was a sign of broader government mismanagement of construction projects and corruption. — Reuters, CNN Money, 27 June 2026