mismanage

tr.v., -aged, -ag·ing, -ag·es.
To manage badly or carelessly.

mismanagement mis·man'age·ment n.

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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