MISMANAGEMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Management that is careless or inefficient

Example:

he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies

Synonyms:

misdirection; mismanagement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("mismanagement" is a kind of...):

direction; management (the act of managing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mismanagement"):

screwup (the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation)

Derivation:

mismanage (manage badly or incompetently)