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mismanaging

mismanaging is the present participle and gerund of mismanage.

Meaning of mismanage

Verb

mismanage (third-person singular simple present mismanages, present participle mismanaging, simple past and past participle mismanaged)

  1. (transitive) To manage an area of responsibility in a way which is inept, incompetent, or dishonest.
    • She mismanaged my finances and left me bankrupt.
  2. (intransitive) To behave, in a management capacity, in a manner which is inept, incompetent, or dishonest.
    • The fundamental reason why the company failed is that the CEO and other top managers simply mismanaged.

Noun

mismanaging (countable and uncountable, plural mismanagings)

  1. Synonym of mismanagement.
    • […] the squanderings and mismanagings of former Governments […]1812, William Thomson (ed.), The Chartist Circular (page 385)
    Synonyms:
    mismanagement

Synonyms of mismanaging

Forms of mismanaging

pluralmismanagings

Questions about mismanaging

What does mismanaging mean?
Mismanaging means synonym of mismanagement.
What is mismanaging the present participle and gerund of?
Mismanaging is the present participle and gerund of mismanage.
What part of speech is mismanaging?
Mismanaging is a noun.
What is the plural of mismanaging?
The plural of mismanaging is mismanagings.

Words near mismanaging in the dictionary

  1. mismanagement
  2. mismanagements
  3. mismanager
  4. mismanagers
  5. mismanages
  6. mismanaging
  7. mismanagings
  8. mismaneuver
  9. mismaneuvered
  10. mismaneuvering
  11. mismaneuvers

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