Definition of Mismanagement

1. Noun. Management that is careless or inefficient. "He accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies"

Exact synonyms: Misdirection
Generic synonyms: Direction, Management
Specialized synonyms: Screwup
Derivative terms: Mismanage

Definition of Mismanagement

1. n. Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement.

Definition of Mismanagement

1. Noun. The process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mismanagement

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mismanagement

mislodges
mislodging
mislook
mislore
misluck
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misly
mislying
mismade
mismake
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mismarking
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Literary usage of Mismanagement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1897)
"In some states the statute provides that an executor or administrator may be made liable personally for costs,2 in case of his mismanagement or bad faith,3 ..."

2. The diplomatic protection of citizens abroad or the law of international claims by Edwin Montefiore Borchard (1915)
"Government not Liable for Mismanagement. The plenary control of the government over a claim of its citizen is demonstrated by the fact that the failure to ..."

3. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by George Woodyatt Hastings, Andrew Edgar, Charles Wager Ryalls, Edwin Pears (1880)
"ECONOMY AND TRADE Mismanagement IN JOINT-STOCK UNDERTAKINGS. What Steps should be taken to protect Shareholders and the Public from Mismanagement in ..."

4. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the by Thomas Erskine May (1878)
"Such mismanagement, however, was not due to any want of officers, appointed to guard the public interests. On the contrary, their very number serve to ..."

5. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the by Thomas Erskine May (1871)
"Such mismanagement, however, was not due to any want of officers, appointed to guard the public interests. On the contrary, their very number serve to ..."

6. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the by Thomas Erskine May (1875)
"Such mismanagement, however, was not due to any want of officers, appointed to guard the public interests. On the contrary, their very number serve to ..."

7. Confessions of a School Master by William Andrus Alcott (1839)
"Probably my own mismanagement. During the first winter after I became a member of the ... But either my own mismanagement or some other cause was in the ..."

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