0 the process of organizing or controlling something badly:
allegations of fraud and mismanagement
1 a situation in which something such as a company or an economy is organized or controlled badly:
economic/financial mismanagement They are investigating significant financial mismanagement by former board members.
mismanagement of sth He is being sued for alleged mismanagement of the assets of a private company.
mismanagement in sth Foreign investors pulled money out of the country because of corruption and mismanagement in the banking system.
Two schools were shut down because of serious financial mismanagement.
He faced accusations of gross mismanagement and corruption.
There were many stories of exploitation, mismanagement and unfair treatment.
One can hardly blame markets for the mismanagement of resources in a country where markets did not play an important role.
It is accepted not only as given, but as a necessary antidote to previous years of domestic mismanagement.
At home, he faced accusations of mismanagement from his rivals at court.
Why such improvements have not been done for every possible system is a story of modern mismanagement, which remains out of our purview.
