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Mismanage

//mɪsˈmæ.nədʒ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To manage an area of responsibility in a way which is inept, incompetent, or dishonest. transitive

    "She mismanaged my finances and left me bankrupt."

  2. 2
    manage badly or incompetently wordnet
  3. 3
    To behave, in a management capacity, in a manner which is inept, incompetent, or dishonest. intransitive

    "The fundamental reason why the company failed is that the CEO and other top managers simply mismanaged."

Etymology

From mis- + manage.

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