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

Stephen Hunt, chief development officer for VRT, told the council that virtually every rider complaint from long waits at the Senior Center to circuitous routes traced back to a lack of funding rather than mismanagement. — Noah Daly august 20, Idaho Statesman, 20 Aug. 2026

While some residents worried about data mismanagement and privacy, others believed the Flock cameras in the Shadow Lakes subdivision could enhance security. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026

The fiscal irresponsibility and mismanagement of bankrupt Hawthorne Race Course President Tim Carey was the immediate cause of death. — Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026

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

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