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mismanagement

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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.

Origin:
1680–90; mis- 1 + manage


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


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.
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Word Origin & History

mismanagement 
1668; see mis- (1) + management.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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