Mismanagement is the noun for running something badly when you were the one in charge of it. It names either the behaviour itself or a whole period of it — the years of decisions, delays, and waste that left an organisation in a bad state. Because it is a noun, it lets you make the problem the subject of the sentence and talk about it as a thing that can be blamed, investigated, and proved: "Mismanagement destroyed the company." "The collapse was the result of years of mismanagement." You will hear it after a failure, in the part where people are looking for the cause: financial mismanagement, gross mismanagement, systematic mismanagement, allegations of mismanagement.

Mismanagement is the noun for running something badly when you were the one in charge of itMismanagement是名詞，指你身為負責人卻把事情做得很糟。It names either the behaviour itself or a whole period of it它可以指這種行為本身，也可以指一整段時期——the years of decisions, delays, and waste that left an organisation in a bad state那些讓一個組織陷入困境的多年決策失誤、延誤和浪費。Because it is a noun因為它是名詞，it lets you make the problem the subject of the sentence讓你可以把問題當成句子的主詞，and talk about it as a thing that can be blamed, investigated, and proved把它當成一個可以被究責、調查、證實的東西來講：'Mismanagement destroyed the company.'「Mismanagement destroyed the company.」（經營不善毀了這家公司）'The collapse was the result of years of mismanagement.'「The collapse was the result of years of mismanagement.」（這場崩潰是多年管理不善的結果）You will hear it after a failure你會在事情失敗之後聽到這個字，in the part where people are looking for the cause在大家在找原因的那個環節：financial mismanagement, gross mismanagement, systematic mismanagement, allegations of mismanagement像是financial mismanagement（財務管理不善）、gross mismanagement（嚴重管理不善）、systematic mismanagement（系統性管理不善）、allegations of mismanagement（管理不善的指控）。

Usually it is uncountable — mismanagement, not "a mismanagement" and not "mismanagements". It behaves like waste or neglect in that way. It is formal, and it belongs to reports, court cases, news, and shareholder meetings.

Usually it is uncountable它通常是不可數名詞——mismanagement, not 'a mismanagement' and not 'mismanagements'用mismanagement，不會說「a mismanagement」，也不會說「mismanagements」。It behaves like waste or neglect in that way在這一點上，它跟waste（浪費）或neglect（疏忽）一樣。It is formal它是正式用字，and it belongs to reports, court cases, news, and shareholder meetings出現在報告、法庭案件、新聞和股東會裡。

If your friend organises a trip badly you do not accuse them of mismanagement; you say they made a mess of it. And like the verb it comes from, it charges incompetence rather than crime.

If your friend organises a trip badly你朋友如果把一趟旅行安排得很糟，you do not accuse them of mismanagement你不會指控他們mismanagement；you say they made a mess of it你只會說他們搞砸了。And like the verb it comes from而且就像它衍生自的動詞一樣，it charges incompetence rather than crime它指控的是無能，而不是犯罪。

This is exactly why it appears so often in the careful sentence "there is no evidence of fraud, but there was serious mismanagement" — the writer is saying nobody stole, and it was still very bad. Hold onto that pairing and you will always know where this word sits.

This is exactly why it appears so often in the careful sentence這正是為什麼它常常出現在這種措辭謹慎的句子裡：'there is no evidence of fraud, but there was serious mismanagement'「there is no evidence of fraud, but there was serious mismanagement」（沒有證據顯示有詐欺，但確實有嚴重的管理不善）——the writer is saying nobody stole, and it was still very bad作者是在說沒有人偷東西，但情況還是很糟。Hold onto that pairing and you will always know where this word sits記住這個搭配，你就永遠會知道這個字該用在哪裡。