ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsMmismanage
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mismanage
Meaning: to handle or control something badly or carelessly
mismanage in a sentence
How mismanage is used in real sentences:
The new intern accidentally mismanaged the schedule, double-booking three important client meetings.
The town council was accused of trying to mismanage the disaster relief funds meant for flood victims.
“This failure showed how badly Child could mismanage a vast trading network.”
— from the passage The Merchant Governor
Synonyms for mismanage
Other words for mismanage — botch, bungle and mishandle — carry the same meaning.
- botch
- bungle
- mishandle
Where it comes from
From Old French mes- 'wrongly' + Italian maneggiare 'to handle'
Word parts
- mis — wrong
mismanage: mis- (wrong) + manage (handle)
Memory hook
MIS (wrongly) + MANAGE — to manage something wrongly.