Mismanage

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  • transitive verb. To manage badly or carelessly.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To manage badly; conduct carelessly or improperly.
  • noun. Mistake; miscarriage.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb. To manage ill or improperly.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To manage an area of responsibility in a way which is inept, incompetent, or dishonest.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. manage badly or incompetently
  • Word Usage
    "That's eight more months that this company is able to "mismanage" hard-earned dollars from scrupulous families."
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    care  deal  handle  manage  
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