mismanagement

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English management English mismanagement From mis- + management.

1. The process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly.

   “The value of the firm's stock fell precipitously when word leaked out that officers of the company were under investigation for gross mismanagement.”

   “But, alas! for the mismanagement of fate—he was quite out of his place in the Cortez of Spain: he dilated on religious toleration to those in whose ears it sounded like blasphemy—on the blessing of knowledge, to those with whom intellect and anarchy were synonymous—and on the rights of the people, to Hidalgos, who were preux chevaliers in loyalty to their king.”