MISMANAGEMENTS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

mismanagements

noun

plural of mismanagement

as in misusages

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Noun

Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther said the city will undergo a third-party audit to identify any further misuses.

— Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
Apple said his office has changed the protocol for Flock camera use by prohibiting deputies from accessing the technology and requiring more frequent audits to ensure no one misuses it.

— Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of misuses

Noun

But there’s more to it than gleeful perversions of genre.

— Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
This garish cavalcade of perversions, which just premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, should have been shocking and transgressive; the pieces are certainly there.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2026

Definition of perversions

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Human rights groups and United Nations officials have accused the Syrian government of widespread abuses in its detention facilities, including torture and arbitrary detention of thousands of people, in many cases without informing their families.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
In his latest movie, Johnny Knoxville nearly gets electrocuted on a fence and pees himself, clings to the hood of a speeding jeep, and suffers numerous other physical abuses.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026

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