Mismanage
[mis-man-ij] /mɪsˈmæn ɪdʒ/
verb (used with or without object), mismanaged, mismanaging.
1.
to incompetently or dishonestly:
to mismanage funds.
/ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒ/
verb
1.
(transitive) to manage badly or wrongly
v.
1680s, from mis- (1) + manage. Related: Mismanaged; mismanaging.
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