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

Grand plans to return to the Premier League under Chansiri around a decade ago had come to nothing, and financial mismanagement soon began a spiral that threatened the club’s existence. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Unsurprisingly, the current crop of county officials has not been honest with residents about the difficult decisions that future officials will have to face because of the mismanagement of the county over the past 25 years. — David Plymyer, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2026

Parillo has denied this and, in turn, accused Helm of denying him and other LHS shareholders access to corporate records, along with financial mismanagement. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026

Even worse was the Great Chinese Famine of 1959–61, which was brought on by severe mismanagement amid Mao Zedong’s revolutionary zeal. — Caitlin Welsh, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026

That’s because some important things happened after the decades of pension mismanagement — but before Lamont became governor. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026

And the fact that Tyreek Hill, Bradley Chubb and Jalen Ramsey, the three Pro Bowl talents Miami traded draft picks to acquire during Grier’s run as the team’s top executive stretch, are gone doesn’t make the roster mismanagement easier to stomach. — Omar Kelly august 3, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026

His critics seized on the decision as an example of financial mismanagement, although the building was used as collateral under former party chairs as well. — ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

In Turkey, a decade of monetary mismanagement climaxed in 2001 with a stock market crash and massive currency devaluation. — Literary Hub, 30 July 2026