Usually means: Inefficient or careless handling of responsibilities.
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  1. mismanagement: Merriam-Webster
  2. mismanagement: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mismanagement: Collins English Dictionary
  4. mismanagement: Vocabulary.com
  5. Mismanagement, mismanagement: Wordnik
  6. mismanagement: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. mismanagement: Wiktionary
  8. Mismanagement, mismanagement: Dictionary.com
  9. mismanagement: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. mismanagement: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Mismanagement: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. mismanagement: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. mismanagement: Rhymezone
  14. Mismanagement: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. mismanagement: FreeDictionary.org
  16. mismanagement: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. mismanagement: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. mismanagement: Legal dictionary

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noun:  The process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly.

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