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Mismanage   Listen
verb
Mismanage  v. t. & v. i.  To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Mismanage" Quotes from Famous Books



... terrible than a battle. Kent tried to speak, but his lips were parched and his tongue was like a dry stick between his teeth. What was doing in the lower yard? Would Durgan fail at the pinch and mismanage it so as to give the alarm? The minutes dragged leaden-winged, and even the sounders on ...
— The Grafters • Francis Lynde

... and recordation of proceedings, and enforcing obedience to every general law which the Legislature has laid down on the subject of local management. That some such laws ought to be laid down few are likely to deny. The localities may be allowed to mismanage their own interests, but not to prejudice those of others, nor violate those principles of justice between one person and another of which it is the duty of the state to maintain the rigid observance. If the local majority attempts ...
— Considerations on Representative Government • John Stuart Mill



Words linked to "Mismanage" :   manage, mismanagement, deal, care, handle, mishandle, misconduct



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