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Mismanage   Listen
verb
Mismanage  v. t. & v. i.  To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Mismanage" Quotes from Famous Books



... moment where the police were going wrong, and where they would go on going wrong until the mysterious death on the Underground Railway had sunk into oblivion, together with the other cases which they mismanage from time to time. ...
— The Old Man in the Corner • Baroness Orczy

... can easily get himself elected upon one of the numerous councils; having mismanaged his own affairs until he has none left to manage, he appears to regard himself as a fit and proper person to mismanage the business of other people, and the brief authority which his position confers gives him a welcome opportunity of letting ...
— Grain and Chaff from an English Manor • Arthur H. Savory

... anything about your explanations or your Index!" Wily exclaimed. "I'm here to serve notice that I represent the nation's interest as well as that of Great Eastern. And I am not going to stand by silently while you mismanage these sacred funds the way you have chosen to do in recent months. I don't know what's happened to you, Baker. You were never guilty of such mistakes before. But unless you can assure me that the full normal grant can be restored to Great Eastern, ...
— The Great Gray Plague • Raymond F. Jones



Words linked to "Mismanage" :   deal, mishandle, handle



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