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Antonyms for mismanagement


Grammar : Noun
Spell : mis-man-ij
Phonetic Transcription : mɪsˈmæn ɪdʒ



Definition of mismanagement

Origin :
  • 1660s; see mis- (1) + management.
  • As in malpractice : noun abuse, misconduct
  • As in misconduct : noun bad or unethical behavior
  • As in error : noun mistake; wrong
Example sentences :
  • To the mismanagement of the guides is attributed much of the blame for its failure.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • "Then there must be some gross mismanagement, sir," said Dunn, haughtily.
  • Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
  • But now they could not fail to see that, in some points at least, there had been gross mismanagement.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
  • The proof of it was the mismanagement of the rebel interests.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams
  • It must be the fruit of our own mismanagement or slothfulness or vices.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 » by Various
  • But from the mismanagement of those in charge there was no other there.
  • Extract from : « The Cornwall Coast » by Arthur L. Salmon
  • This letter betrays the impatience of General Toombs over any mismanagement.
  • Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
  • Then when I did prove it, I saw only dishonesty in the kitchen, and extravagance and mismanagement of my own.'
  • Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • That there had been mismanagement somewhere was but too evident.
  • Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
  • On reaching the tree, however, there appeared to be some mismanagement.
  • Extract from : « The Young Voyageurs » by Mayne Reid

Synonyms for mismanagement

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