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mismanage

UKUS
C2

Definitions

v.

To manage or handle something badly or incompetently

管理不善,处置失当

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
mis-wrongly, badly
+
managehand
=mismanage

mis- (badly, wrongly) + manage = to handle badly. See manage.

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The directors were accused of mismanaging the company's funds.

  • 2.

    A badly mismanaged project can drain a team's morale.

Word Forms

Verb

Pastmismanaged
3rd Personmismanages
Past Part.mismanaged
Pres. Part.mismanaging
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