mis·man·age

[mis-man-ij]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), mis·man·aged, mis·man·ag·ing.
to manage incompetently or dishonestly: to mismanage funds.

Origin:
1680–90; mis-1 + manage

mis·man·age·ment, noun
mis·man·ag·er, noun


mishandle, bungle, botch, maladminister.
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mismanage (ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
(tr) to manage badly or wrongly
 
mis'management
 
n
 
mis'manager
 
n

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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
Example sentences
Among possible enforcement measures are spot audits of compliance by attorneys who may tend to mismanage client funds.
The government continues to own and mismanage utilities that would be better off private.
Even if you mismanage your money and get yourself head over heels in credit card debt, go to the financial aid office.
And they often mismanage their own retirement income over an unknown life span, spending either too much or too little.
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