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mismanage

 
Dictionary: mis·man·age   (mĭs-măn'ĭj) pronunciation
tr.v., -aged, -ag·ing, -ag·es.
To manage badly or carelessly.

mismanagement mis·man'age·ment n.

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verb

    To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess: ball up, blunder, boggle, botch, bungle, foul up, fumble, gum up, mess up, mishandle, muddle, muff, spoil. Informal bollix up, muck up. Slang blow1, goof up, louse up, screw up, snafu. Idioms: make a muck of. See correct/incorrect, help/harm/harmless.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: manage badly or incompetently
  Synonyms: mishandle, misconduct


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forvalte dårligt, lede dårligt

Nederlands (Dutch)
verkeerd behandelen, verknoeien

Français (French)
v. tr. - mal diriger, mal gérer

Deutsch (German)
v. - schlecht führen, schlecht abwickeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κακοδιαχειρίζομαι, κακοδιοικώ

Italiano (Italian)
amministrare male

Português (Portuguese)
v. - administrar mal

Русский (Russian)
неправильно управлять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - dirigir mal, administrar mal

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - missköta

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
处置失当, 办错

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 處置失當, 辦錯

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 잘못 관리하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 管理を誤る, 処置を誤る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسيء الإدارة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ניהל בצורה גרועה או מוטעית‬


 
 
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carry on
deal, deal with
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