mismanage

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mismanage

/mɪsˈmæ.nədʒ/

verb mismanages · mismanaging · mismanaged

transitive To manage an area of responsibility in a way which is inept, incompetent, or dishonest. She mismanaged my finances and left me bankrupt.
intransitive To behave, in a management capacity, in a manner which is inept, incompetent, or dishonest. The fundamental reason why the company failed is that the CEO and other top managers simply mismanaged.

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Español	dilapidar, despalillar, gestionar malamente

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@misc{mismanage_2026,
  title = {mismanage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mismanage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}