mismanageverb [ T ]
uk/ˌmɪsˈmæn.ɪdʒ/us/ˌmɪsˈmæn.ɪdʒ/to organize or control something badly:
The restaurant was hopelessly mismanaged by a former rock musician with no business experience.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Managing and organizing
- act
- administer
- administration
- bureaucracy
- bureaucratic
- campaign
- have sth in hand idiom
- head sth up
- in hand idiom
- kaizen
- manage
- management
- run the show idiom
- running
- shakedown
- square
- square sth/sb away
- stage
- stage-manage
- stewardship
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mismanagement
noun [ U ] uk/ˌmɪsˈmæn.ɪdʒ.mənt/us/ˌmɪsˈmæn.ɪdʒ.mənt/
mismanagement of the economy/economic mismanagement
allegations of fraud and mismanagement