MISMANAGE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they mismanage ... he / she / it mismanages

Past simple: mismanaged

Past participle: mismanaged

-ing form: mismanaging

Meaning:

Manage badly or incompetently

Example:

The funds were mismanaged

Synonyms:

misconduct; mishandle; mismanage

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "mismanage" is one way to...):

care; deal; handle; manage (be in charge of, act on, or dispose of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

mismanagement (management that is careless or inefficient)