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(mɪsmænɪdʒ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense mismanages, present participle mismanaging, past tense, past participle mismanaged
verb
To mismanage something means to manage it badly.
75% of voters think the President has mismanaged the economy. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: mishandle, bungle, botch, mess up More Synonyms of mismanage

mismanage in British English

(ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒ)
verb
(transitive)
to manage badly or wrongly
Derived forms
mismanagement (ˌmisˈmanagement)
noun
mismanager (ˌmisˈmanager)
noun

mismanage in American English

(mɪsˈmænɪdʒ)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: misˈmanaged or misˈmanaging
to manage or administer badly or dishonestly
Derived forms
mismanagement (ˈmisˈmanagement)
noun

Examples of 'mismanage' in a sentence
mismanage

This club has been mismanaged for two years.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
For the past three years this club has been mismanaged and run in a totally shabby way.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Had the Church catastrophically mismanaged the situation or was this an own goal by protesters?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In fact, the economy has been mismanaged for years.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The situation was horribly mismanaged.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And, of course, the politicians who mismanaged the economy.
The Sun (2011)

In other languages
mismanage

British English: mismanage VERB
To mismanage something means to manage it badly.
75% of voters think the President has mismanaged the economy.
  • American English: mismanage
  • Brazilian Portuguese: administrar mal
  • Chinese: 对…处置不当
  • European Spanish: administrar mal
  • French: mal gérer
  • German: schlecht verwalten
  • Italian: gestire male
  • Japanese: 対応を誤る
  • Korean: 잘못 관리하다
  • European Portuguese: administrar mal
  • Latin American Spanish: administrar mal

(verb) 
Definition
to organize or run something badly
Three-quarters of those surveyed thought the President had mismanaged the economy.
Synonyms
mishandle
The judge said the police had mishandled the siege.
bungle
Two prisoners bungled an escape bid last night
botch
It's a silly idea, and he has botched it.
mess up
misdirect
misconduct
make a mess of
make a hash of (informal)
make a nonsense of
bodge (informal)
misgovern
maladminister

Additional synonyms

in the sense of botch
Definition
to spoil through clumsiness or ineptitude
It's a silly idea, and he has botched it.
Synonyms
spoil,
mar,
bungle,
fumble,
screw up (informal),
mess up,
cock up (British, slang),
balls up (taboo, slang),
fuck up (offensive, taboo, slang),
mismanage,
muff,
make a nonsense of (informal),
bodge (informal),
make a pig's ear of (informal),
flub (US, slang),
crool or cruel (Australian, slang)
in the sense of bungle
Definition
to spoil (an operation) through clumsiness or incompetence
Two prisoners bungled an escape bid last night
Synonyms
mess up,
blow (slang),
ruin,
spoil,
blunder,
fudge,
screw up (informal),
botch,
cock up (British, slang),
fuck up (offensive, taboo, slang),
miscalculate,
make a mess of,
mismanage,
muff,
foul up,
make a nonsense of (informal),
bodge (informal),
make a pig's ear of (informal),
flub (US, slang),
crool or cruel (Australian, slang),
louse up (slang)
in the sense of misconduct
Synonyms
mismanage,
sin,
bungle,
err,
botch (up),
misdirect,
make a mess of,
behave badly

Nearby words of
mismanage

  • mislay
  • mislead
  • misleading
  • mismanage
  • mismanagement
  • mismatch
  • mismatched

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