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Definition of mismanage verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

mismanage

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒ//
 
mismanage somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they mismanage
 
he / she / it mismanages
 
past simple mismanaged
 
-ing form mismanaging
 
 
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to deal with or manage something badly synonym mishandle The department's budget was badly mismanaged.
mismanagement
 
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noun [uncountable] accusations of corruption and financial mismanagement the government's mismanagement of the economy
See mismanage in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary