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Mismanage

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mis⋅man⋅age

  [mis-man-ij]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -aged, -ag⋅ing.
to manage incompetently or dishonestly: to mismanage funds.
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Origin:
1680–90; mis- 1 + manage

Related forms:
mis⋅man⋅age⋅ment, noun
mis⋅man⋅ag⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
mishandle, bungle, botch, maladminister.
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mis·man·age   (mĭs-mān'ĭj)   
tr.v.   mis·man·aged, mis·man·ag·ing, mis·man·ag·es
To manage badly or carelessly.
mis·man'age·ment n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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