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Definition of Mismanage
1. Verb. Manage badly or incompetently. "The funds were mismanaged"
Generic synonyms: Care, Deal, Handle, Manage
Derivative terms: Misconduct, Mismanagement
Definition of Mismanage
1. v. t. & i. To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs.
Definition of Mismanage
1. Verb. (transitive) To manage an area of responsibility in a way which is inept, incompetent, or dishonest. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To behave, in a management capacity, in a manner which is inept, incompetent, or dishonest. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mismanage
1. [v -AGED, -AGING, -AGES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mismanage
Literary usage of Mismanage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Law of Private Corporations by Seymour Dwight Thompson (1895)
"His liability for mismanage- 4676. Personal liability on his ultra ment, negligence,
etc. vires contract. 4672. His obligations as a fiduciary. 4677. ..."
2. The Horticultural review and botanical magazine (1851)
"HOW TO mismanage A GARDEN. opposite Western Row—flowers generally before the 15th of
... HOW TO mismanage A GARDEN. MANURE. IT would be a great injustice to ..."
3. Philip II of Spain by Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1906)
"... views with regard to England—Lennox and the Jesuits mismanage the plot—Philip's
claim to the English crown—Expulsion of Mendoza from England—The English ..."
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