mismanagement
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mismanage (ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to manage badly or wrongly | |
| mis'management | |
| —n | |
| mis'manager | |
| —n | |
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mismanagement
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| mismanage (ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒ) | |
| —vb | |
| (tr) to manage badly or wrongly | |
| mis'management | |
| —n | |
| mis'manager | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
mismanagement
1668; see mis- (1) + management.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
He said that he did not know the sponsorship program even existed until reading press reports of its mismanagement.
Political disorder and mismanagement have blocked new industry and investment.
Others accuse the president of threatening them with disclosure of financial mismanagement if they vote against his plan.
Such a move will probably mollify shareholders who have complained about mismanagement at the company.
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