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

But a high-speed train collision that killed 69 people, the second such disaster this year, shifted the debate toward public safety and accusations of government mismanagement. — Natalie Feary, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026

Train derailments and crashes are common in Egypt, where the railway system has a history of mismanagement and poor maintenance. — Mohamed Saleh, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026

Train Derailments Common on Aging System Egyptians rely heavily on rail transport, but train derailments and crashes are common on an aging system that has also been plagued by mismanagement. — Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026

Dissanayake’s victory in the presidential election that year was seen as a rejection of the political old guard that was blamed for an unprecedented economic crisis following decades of mismanagement and corruption. — ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026

The Senate homeland security committee has one of the broadest investigative jurisdictions in Congress, with instances of waste, fraud, abuse, corruption, and mismanagement across the federal government all falling within the panel’s purview. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026

Decades of mismanagement and corruption have hollowed out Venezuela’s oil industry, while a government crackdown and an economic crisis led to a mass exodus. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026

For years, conservatives have been painting California as a progressive basket case, predicting that Democratic mismanagement would plunge its economy down the tubes and send rich people fleeing. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026

But after his retirement, a Daily Southtown investigation and subsequent criminal charges found financial mismanagement under his leadership. — Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026