Mismanagement
1Mismanagement — Mis*man age*ment, n. Wrong or bad management; as, he failed through mismagement. [1913 Webster] …
2mismanagement — index abuse (corrupt practice), incompetence, maladministration, malfeasance, misapplication, misconduct, misdoing, misrule …
3mismanagement — 1660s; see MIS (Cf. mis ) (1) + MANAGEMENT (Cf. management) …
4mismanagement — mismanage mis‧man‧age [ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒ] verb [transitive] to manage a company, economy etc badly: • The project has been mismanaged from start to finish. • British firms squander billions each year by mismanaging corporate overheads. mismanagement… …
5mismanagement — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ economic, financial, fiscal ▪ gross VERB + MISMANAGEMENT ▪ uncover ▪ An investigation uncovered mismanagement an …
6mismanagement — [[t]mɪ̱smæ̱nɪʤmənt[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft poss N, N of n Someone s mismanagement of a system or organization is the bad way they have dealt with it or organized it. ...the Government s economic mismanagement... His gross mismanagement left the… …
7mismanagement — n. gross mismanagement * * * [ˌmɪs mænɪdʒmənt] gross mismanagement …
8mismanagement — noun The process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly. The value of the firms stock fell precipitously when word leaked out that officers of the company were under investigation for gross mismanagement …
9mismanagement — mis|man|age|ment [ mıs mænıdʒmənt ] noun uncount the process of managing something badly: the mismanagement of public funds …
10mismanagement — UK [mɪsˈmænɪdʒmənt] / US noun [uncountable] the process of managing something badly the mismanagement of public funds …