mismanagement

US/ˌmɪsˈmænɪd͡ʒmənt/

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,521 of 15,258mostly written

Mismanagement is running something badly. Years of mismanagement, financial mismanagement.

It is the polite word, and it is chosen exactly because it stops short of dishonesty. Mismanagement is what an inquiry finds when it cannot prove anything worse.

Definitions of mismanagement

1nounmismanagementRunning something badly.B2+
“The report blamed mismanagement and named nobody.”

mismanagement is a failure.

Where it comes from

From mis- + management.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

mismanagement in the wild

Although he has persistently been dogged by claims of corruption and financial mismanagement, Blatter's reign oversaw a vast expansion in revenues generated by the FIFA World Cup.
Sepp Blatter
There are many ways of how financial mismanagement is carried out.
Financial mismanagement
In 2012, allegations about mismanagement and sexual abuse were published, leading to Friend's resignation from Anusara.
John Friend (yogi)
However, due to mismanagement at its parent college, it became impossible to find resources to keep the club running and it was dissolved in 2005.
Utalii F.C.
Due to mismanagement and corruption the debt of textile city is exceeding Rs.2.4 billion.
Pakistan Textile City

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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