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mismanage

[ mis-man-ij ]

verb (used with or without object)

mismanaged, mismanaging.
  1. to manage incompetently or dishonestly:

    to mismanage funds.

    Synonyms: , , ,



mismanage

/ ˌɪˈæɪ /

verb

  1. tr to manage badly or wrongly
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈԲ𳾱Գ, noun
  • ˌˈԲ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·a·Գ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of mismanage1

First recorded in 1680–90; mis- 1 + manage
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Fans feel disconnected from a mismanaged club that once had the opportunity to be a regular mid-table Premier League team.

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When the fires broke out on Jan. 7, he quickly lambasted Mayor Karen Bass for not being on the ground and accused the city of mismanaging water resources.

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Donalds said that “if a state is so grossly mismanaged that the initial disaster is not quickly contained, then we have a responsibility to do common-sense things.”

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Retired officers also appeared in support of the defendants, arguing their colleagues were victims of a chronically understaffed and mismanaged agency that put them in an impossible job.

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Many probation officers have said it is unsafe for them to go to work, while juvenile justice advocates often describe the halls as wildly mismanaged facilities where youth are constantly in danger.

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