mismanaging
Botching the oversight
Mismanaging is handling something badly or incompetently—running an organization, project, or resource in ways that lead to poor outcomes.
The word implies responsibility: you can only mismanage what's under your control.
The company collapsed after years of mismanaging its finances.
He's been mismanaging the department since he took over.
Failure to exercise care
- derelictionAbandonment of duty
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
- inattentionLack of focus
irresponsibility · laxity · remissness · heedlessness · slackness · disregard · omission · unmindfulness
Reckless depletion of resources
- misallocationImproper distribution of resources
- overspendingExceeding one's budget
- depletionReduction of supply
- fritteringWasting gradually, carelessly
dissipation · profligacy · overconsumption · hemorrhaging · embezzlement · misappropriation · pilfering · drain
Mishandling through incompetence
- ineptitudeLack of ability
- blunderingActing with clumsy incompetence
- maladministrationFaulty conduct of authority
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
botching · ineptness · amateurish · unskillful · disorganization · dysfunction · ineffectiveness · underperformance
negligence
Failure to exercise care
- derelictionAbandonment of duty
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
inattention · irresponsibility · laxity · remissness · heedlessness · slackness · disregard · omission · unmindfulness · abandonment
squandering
Reckless depletion of resources
- misallocationImproper distribution of resources
- overspendingExceeding one's budget
- depletionReduction of supply
frittering · dissipation · profligacy · overconsumption · hemorrhaging · embezzlement · misappropriation · pilfering · drain · loss
bungling
Mishandling through incompetence
- ineptitudeLack of ability
- blunderingActing with clumsy incompetence
- maladministrationFaulty conduct of authority
fumbling · botching · ineptness · amateurish · unskillful · disorganization · dysfunction · ineffectiveness · underperformance · failure
- muddlingmuddling, jumbling, scrambling, mixing up, disarranging
- wastingsquandering, frittering, splurging, overspending, misusing
mismanagingdirecting
Overseeing a production
steering · orchestrating · optimizing · stewarding · captaining
mismanagingstewarding
Responsible management of something
nurturing · safeguarding · husbanding · cultivating · preserving
manage, manager, maneuver, management, mishap, manageable, mistreat, misstep, mismatch