Mismanage
71botch — botch1 botchedly /boch id lee/, adv. botcher, n. botchery, n. /boch/, v.t. 1. to spoil by poor work; bungle (often fol. by up): He botched up the job thoroughly. 2. to do or say in a bungling manner. 3. to mend or patch in a clumsy manner. n …
72bungle — bungler, n. bunglingly, adv. /bung geuhl/, v., bungled, bungling, n. v.t. 1. to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch: He bungled the job. v.i. 2. to perform or work clumsily or inadequately: He is a fool who bungles consistently. n. 3. a bungling… …
73Ghana — Ghanaian, Ghanian /gah nee euhn, gan ee /, n., adj. /gah neuh, gan euh/, n. 1. a republic in West Africa comprising the former colonies of the Gold Coast and Ashanti, the protectorate of the Northern Territories, and the U.N. trusteeship of… …
74misconduct — n. /mis kon dukt/; v. /mis keuhn dukt /, n. 1. improper conduct; wrong behavior. 2. unlawful conduct by an official in regard to his or her office, or by a person in the administration of justice, such as a lawyer, witness, or juror; malfeasance …
75western Africa, history of — Introduction history of the region from the 11th century to the present. A reasonable body of sources for the writing of western African history begins to be available about AD 1000. Three centuries earlier, the Arabs (Arab) had… …
76abuse — 1 /ə byüz/ vt abused, abus·ing 1: to put to a use other than the one intended: as a: to put to a bad or unfair use abusing the powers of office b: to put to improper or excessive use abuse narcotics …
77bond — 1 n 1 a: a usu. formal written agreement by which a person undertakes to perform a certain act (as appear in court or fulfill the obligations of a contract) or abstain from performing an act (as committing a crime) with the condition that failure …
78waste — n 1: destruction of or damage to property that is caused by the act or omission of one (as a lessee, mortgagor, or life tenant) having a lesser estate and is usu. to the injury of another (as an heir, mortgagee, or remainderman) with an interest… …
79mishandle — verb a) To handle badly, causing physical injury. b) To handle incorrectly, to make a mistake in handling a thing or situation. Syn: maltreat, mismanage …
80run into the ground — verb a) To mismanage to the point of ruin. Although he has an MBA from Harvard, he still ran the company into the ground. b) To wear out, especially through excessive use. I figure this car has a few more years left in it and I intend to run it… …
