Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To manage badly or carelessly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To manage badly; conduct carelessly or improperly.
- noun Mistake; miscarriage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To manage ill or improperly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To manage an area of
responsibility in a way which isinept ,incompetent , ordishonest .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb manage badly or incompetently
Etymologies
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Examples
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That's eight more months that this company is able to "mismanage" hard-earned dollars from scrupulous families.
Daily Vanguard RSS 2009
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On the other hand, the public suffers massively and thousands of lives are lost every day as the government continues to under-fund and mismanage the health care system.
Global Voices in English » South Africa: Storm Brewing Between Government, Striking Doctors & Unions 2009
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If our government can intentionally mismanage money like this, imagine what they can do to your contract.
Jose Vilson: On Why You Should Support Teachers Unions Jose Vilson 2011
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Seriously, the sin in your scenario would be Democrats choosing to mismanage the economy for two years, not denying Republicans their right to sabotage the administration.
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If our government can intentionally mismanage money like this, imagine what they can do to your contract.
Jose Vilson: On Why You Should Support Teachers Unions Jose Vilson 2011
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Why NASA would mismanage the most challenging program of all is a mystery.
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It's not their fault that we mismanage the earth's resources.
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Banks continue to horde and mismanage the free money they are loaned, and they continue to raise fees and squeeze customers any way they can.
Hooray for Socialism! Al Lewis 2011
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It's not their fault that we mismanage the earth's resources.
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It's true of banks that mismanage our assets, and of bond-rating agencies that fail to provide an accurate assessment of the risk of possible investments.
Barry Schwartz: Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing Barry Schwartz 2011
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