mismanagement
/ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒmənt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒmənt/ (ame, ipa) · /"+/ (ame, mw)
mismanagement — noun
1. the failure to run a business, project, or situation in a careful and competent
the failure to run a business, project, or situation in a careful and competent way, often leading to waste, loss, or harm.
Years of mismanagement left the family bakery deep in debt.
collocation: years of mismanagement
Tariq blamed the hospital's financial mismanagement for the staff shortages.
collocation: financial mismanagement
The report uncovered serious mismanagement of public funds at the city council.
Mira resigned after critics accused her of mismanagement during the flood response.
Investors lost millions because of the previous CEO's mismanagement of the company.
- misadministration
formal, often used of governments or large institutions
- maladministration
very formal; suggests deliberate or systemic failure in public office
- negligence
broader; emphasises careless failure of a duty, not only management
- stewardship
careful, responsible management of resources entrusted to one
文法句型
mismanagement of [something]
用法筆記
Almost always uncountable; frequently modified by 'financial', 'gross', or 'years of', and typically followed by 'of + the resource or institution being mishandled'.