mismanages
Runs things badly
Mismanages means to manage badly or incompetently.
Someone who mismanages a business, budget, or project handles it poorly through neglect, poor judgment, or lack of skill: The company collapsed after executives mismanaged its finances.
The word implies responsibility—you can only mismanage something you're supposed to be managing.
Spends recklessly or foolishly
- depletesUses until gone
- dissipatesGradually breaks up, vanishes
- exhaustsCompletely uses up
- fritteringWasting gradually, carelessly
hemorrhaging · overspends · misallocates · drains · bleeds · misspends · lavishes · loses
Mishandling through incompetence
- ineptitudeLack of ability
- blunderingActing with clumsy incompetence
- maladministrationFaulty conduct of authority
- ineptnessLack of competence
mishandling · botching · fumbling · bumbling · clumsiness · carelessness · negligence · recklessness
Misses or surveys
- ignoresRefuses to acknowledge
- disregardsFails to consider
- abandonsCeases to support
- neglectsFails to care for
dereliction · inattention · omission · lapse · heedlessness · remissness · slackness · unattended
Decayed structural remains
- wrecksDestroys completely
- bankruptsMakes financially insolvent
- collapsesSuddenly falls inward
- sinksDrops or wash basins
tanks · debacle · fiasco · downfall · deterioration · decline · dysfunction · crisis
Rigid administrative system
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- bloatSwell abnormally
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
stagnation · sluggishness · unproductivity · disarray · chaos · disorder · dysfunction · miscoordination
squanders
Spends recklessly or foolishly
- depletesUses until gone
- dissipatesGradually breaks up, vanishes
- exhaustsCompletely uses up
frittering · hemorrhaging · overspends · misallocates · drains · bleeds · misspends · lavishes · loses · wastefulness
bungling
Mishandling through incompetence
- ineptitudeLack of ability
- blunderingActing with clumsy incompetence
- maladministrationFaulty conduct of authority
ineptness · mishandling · botching · fumbling · bumbling · clumsiness · carelessness · negligence · recklessness · irresponsibility
overlooks
Misses or surveys
- ignoresRefuses to acknowledge
- disregardsFails to consider
- abandonsCeases to support
neglects · dereliction · inattention · omission · lapse · heedlessness · remissness · slackness · unattended · forgetfulness
ruins
Decayed structural remains
sinks · tanks · debacle · fiasco · downfall · deterioration · decline · dysfunction · crisis · insolvency
bureaucracy
Rigid administrative system
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- bloatSwell abnormally
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
gridlock · stagnation · sluggishness · unproductivity · disarray · chaos · disorder · dysfunction · miscoordination · fragmentation
mismanagesstewards
Those who manage affairs
manages · administers · handles · organizes · coordinates
mismanagesnurtures
Encourages development through care
cultivates · safeguards · maintains · preserves · looks after
- financial mismanagementImproper handling of funds
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