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mismanned

mismanned adjective: having inappropriate personnel; improperly manned.

Adjective

mismanned (comparative more mismanned, superlative most mismanned)

  1. Having inappropriate personnel; improperly manned.
    • Death steers the mismanned boat!1912, The Independent - Volume 72, page 944
    • Yes and no, but . . . say the shell-shocked educators whose overstocked, mismanned schools are spewing out more graduates, ready or not, than ever before.1975, The American Editor - Issues 586-628, page 18

Forms of mismanned

comparativemore mismanned
superlativemost mismanned

Origin of mismanned

From mis- + man + -ed.

Questions about mismanned

What does mismanned mean?
Mismanned means having inappropriate personnel; improperly manned.
What part of speech is mismanned?
Mismanned is an adjective.

Words near mismanned in the dictionary

  1. mismangling
  2. mismanipulate
  3. mismanipulated
  4. mismanipulates
  5. mismanipulating
  6. mismanned
  7. mismannered
  8. mismanners
  9. mismanoeuver
  10. mismanoeuvered
  11. mismanoeuvering

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