mismanage

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.

Proto-Germanic *missaz

Proto-Germanic *missa-

Proto-West Germanic *missa-

Old English mis-

Middle English mys-

English mis-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *manus

Latin manus

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izāre

Vulgar Latin *manizāre

Old Italian maneggiareder.?

Old French manegebor.

Middle English *manage

English manage

English mismanage

From mis- + manage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪsˈmæ.nədʒ/

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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.

Derived terms

• mismanageable
• mismanagement
• mismanager

Translations

Translations

• Polish: obchodzić się niewłaściwie impf
• Spanish: dilapidar (es), despalillar (es), gestionar malamente
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: بوقلامق (boklamak)