Mismanage
1mismanage — mis‧man‧age [ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒ] verb [transitive] to manage a company, economy etc badly: • The project has been mismanaged from start to finish. • British firms squander billions each year by mismanaging corporate overheads. mismanagement noun… …
2Mismanage — Mis*man age, v. t. & i. To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs. [1913 Webster] …
3mismanage — I verb act foolishly, act improperly, administer improperly, administer inefficiently, administer poorly, blunder, boggle, botch, bungle, confound, derange, disarrange, fail, flounder, fumble, ill manage, maladminister, manage poorly, manage… …
4mismanage — (v.) 1680s, from MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + MANAGE (Cf. manage). Related: Mismanaged; mismanaging …
5mismanage — ► VERB ▪ manage badly or wrongly. DERIVATIVES mismanagement noun …
6mismanage — [mis man′ij] vt., vi. mismanaged, mismanaging to manage or administer badly or dishonestly mismanagement n …
7mismanage — UK [mɪsˈmænɪdʒ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms mismanage : present tense I/you/we/they mismanage he/she/it mismanages present participle mismanaging past tense mismanaged past participle mismanaged to manage something badly Their relationship… …
8mismanage — mismanagement, n. mismanager, n. /mis man ij/, v.t., v.i., mismanaged, mismanaging. to manage incompetently or dishonestly: to mismanage funds. [1680 90; MIS 1 + MANAGE] Syn. mishandle, bungle, botch, maladminister. * * * …
9mismanage — [[t]mɪ̱smæ̱nɪʤ[/t]] mismanages, mismanaging, mismanaged VERB To mismanage something means to manage it badly. [V n] 75% of voters think the President has mismanaged the economy. Syn: mishandle …
10mismanage — mishandle / mismanage [v] mess up abuse, be incompetent, be inefficient, blow, blunder, botch*, bungle, confound, err, flub*, foul up, fumble, goof*, goof up*, gum up*, harm, make a hash of*, make a mess of*, maladminister, misapply, misconduct,… …
