mismanagement

/ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒmənt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌmɪsˈmænɪdʒmənt/ (ame, ipa) · /"+/ (ame, mw)

mismanagement — 名詞

1. the failure to run a business, project, or situation in a careful and competent

1.名詞C1
釋義

管理不善

因疏忽或無能而把事情管壞

the failure to run a business, project, or situation in a careful and competent way, often leading to waste, loss, or harm.

例句

Years of mismanagement left the family bakery deep in debt.

多年的管理不善讓這家家庭麵包店欠下大筆債務。

collocation: years of mismanagement

Tariq blamed the hospital's financial mismanagement for the staff shortages.

Tariq 把醫院人手不足歸咎於財務管理不善。

collocation: financial mismanagement

同義詞
  • 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

反義詞
  • 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'.

常見錯誤

❌There were many mismanagements at the company.
✅There was a lot of mismanagement at the company.
💡uncountable, so no plural and no 'a/an'.