mismanage

3 definitions found

mismanage - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mismanage \Mis*man"age\, v. t. & i.
     To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs.
     [1913 Webster]

mismanage - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mismanage
      v 1: manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"
           [syn: mismanage, mishandle, misconduct]

mismanage - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "mismanage":
     abuse, be negligent, befoul, convert, debase, defalcate, defile,
     desecrate, divert, do amiss, embezzle, foul, maladminister,
     misadminister, misapply, misappropriate, miscall, miscite,
     misconduct, miscount, misdeal, misdirect, misemploy, misfield,
     misgovern, misguide, mishandle, misplay, misprint, misquote,
     misread, misreport, misrule, misspell, misuse, peculate, pervert,
     pilfer, pollute, profane, prostitute, violate