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mismanagement

mis manij muhnt

  • n  management that is careless or inefficient
    he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies

  • Thereupon, the Germans accused the Polish of mismanagement, charged that the incident was indirectly due to the Versailles Treaty, "bewailed the fact that Germans had to entrust .
  • The country's economy has struggled with years of mismanagement.
  • In June, the Boston Globe ran a story on the firm's struggles, noting that city authorities had reassigned control of one of its housing complexes due to mismanagement.
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  • Ron Wyden in FOXNews
    On the eve of Congress starting this big debate you've got a horror story of mismanagement and misconduct in programs that are going to be a key part of the discussion,Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said in an interview, adding that it can't help...
  • Byron Dorgan in Indian Country Today
    Still, our efforts haven't resulted in the changes that are necessary,Dorgan said. "I believe this type of mismanagement in the region over a long period of time has negatively affected health care provided to Native Americans. These...
  • Candace Parker in USA Today
    The current way in which question time functions circumvents Parliament's only means by which corruption, mismanagement or errors by executive government can be exposed. All this undermines the objective of question time and betrays the Australian... Julia Gillard http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Gillard&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFExY6ShG_gWJDQX6p5wfKLNFko6g Sydney Morning Herald http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/house-cleanup-gathers-dust/2008/08/24/1219516262663.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEzNCqRErNHYC9V276oB4JJ-wK82w Aug 24, 2008 64192 85469 mismatch Honestly, it was just finding the mismatch," Parker said. "My teammates did a great job of just getting me the ball and just moving afterwards."

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