Mismanagement dictionary definition | mismanagement defined

mismanagement

Noun

(usually uncountable, plural mismanagements)

The process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly.
The value of the firm's stock fell precipitously when word leaked out that officers of the company were under investigation for gross mismanagement.

Origin

mis- +‎ management

Had the Russian army been alone without any allies, it might perhaps have been a long time before this consciousness of mismanagement became a general conviction, but as it was, the disorder was readily and naturally attributed to the stupid Germans, and everyone was convinced that a dangerous muddle had been occasioned by the sausage eaters.
Unfair particularly to genuine refugees who are elbowed aside in the mismanagement and chaos we see at present.
Twenty years of mismanagement by EU desk jockeys has wrecked the fishing industry in Europe.
Too much outsourcing to expensive sub-contractors and general mismanagement no doubt !
After resigning as trustee she raised concerns with the Commission about alleged misappropriation of assets and mismanagement by other trustees.

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