mismanage

Verb
US[mih-sman-ij]/mɪˈsmænɪdʒ/3 syllables

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Verb (1)

  1. manage badly or incompetently“The funds were mismanaged”Synonyms: mishandlemisconductMore general manage, deal
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Mis·man′age transitive & intransitive verb

To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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