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mismanagement

noun
/ˌmɪsˈmænɪd͡ʒmənt/US/ˌmɪsˈmænəd͡ʒmənt/

Etymology

From mis- + management.

  1. derived from manus — “hand”
  2. derived from *manizāre✻ — “handle”
  3. derived from maneggiare
  4. derived from manege
  5. inherited from *manage✻
  6. inherited from manage
  7. formed as management — “manage + -ment”
  8. prefixed as mismanagement — “mis + management”

Definitions

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

    • The value of the firm's stock fell precipitously when word leaked out that officers of the company were under investigation for gross mismanagement.
    • [...] it also charged the Newmarket Railway £600 a year for the management or rather—as the Chairman of the Newmarket Railway did not scruple to call it—the mismanagement of the line.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA