mismanagement

[US]/mɪs'mænɪdʒmənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. mishandling or poor management

Phrases & Collocations

financial mismanagement

Example Sentences

catastrophic mismanagement of the economy.

Real-world Examples

President Trump has repeatedly blamed the mismanagement of forests for the destruction caused by wildfires.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2018 Collection

Extended corruption, mismanagement of industries, food shortages -- they're all part of Zimbabwe's struggles.

Source: CNN 10 Student English November 2017 Collection

But because of forest tree mismanagement, the species was in trouble.

Source: A Small Story, A Great Documentary

He's been accused of economic mismanagement during his first term.

Source: BBC Listening February 2023 Collection

Once clean water is dirty from tourism development, population growth and water mismanagement.

Source: CNN 10 Student English January 2023 Compilation

Politically the opposition still continues to say this was mismanagement on the government side.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2019 Collection

She has bluntly blamed President Donald Trump for his " mismanagement" of the pandemic.

Source: CRI Online September 2020 Collection

But economically due to sanctions and domestic mismanagement we have not yet reached those goals.

Source: CNN 10 Student English February 2019 Compilation

The country is in a severe ecnomic crisis, which many blame on government mismanagement.

Source: BBC Listening Collection July 2016

It's about corporate greed meeting climate change. It's about decades of mismanagement.

Source: PBS English News

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