mismanage

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mis·man·age /ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒ/ verb [transitiveT]

DO BADLYif someone mismanages something they are in charge of, they deal with or manage it badly 对…管理不善，对…经营不当

The nation’s finances had been badly mismanaged.

国家的金融管理非常混乱。

—mismanagement noun [uncountableU]

the government’s mismanagement of the crisis

政府对此次危机的不当处理

Examples from the Corpus

mismanage• The report shows that forestry management practices are not being effectively enforced and that timber resources are being mismanaged.• The department is understaffed and mismanaged.• But yet again, this was another area of their lives that was mismanaged.• If they mismanage a crisis, the damage can be considerable.• For years, tribal leaders suspected the funds were being mismanaged by Uncle Sam.• People who do not see the difference between non-behavior-driven and behavior-driven initiatives will mismanage change.• The whole project was seriously mismanaged from the beginning.• That is happening simply because the prison service has been so badly mismanaged that the staff are disaffected.• Many people accused the government of mismanaging the environment and indirectly causing the flooding.• Made it slightly harder to sue directors of federally chartered banks who may have mismanaged the institutions.

From Longman Business Dictionary

mismanagemis·man·age /ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒ/ verb [transitiveT]

to manage a company, economy etc badly

The project has been mismanaged from start to finish.

British firms squander billions each year by mismanaging corporate overheads.

—mismanagement noun [uncountableU]

Shareholders may sue the directors for mismanagement.

The government has been accused of economic mismanagement.

mis·man·age verb

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