mismanagements

noun

plural of mismanagement
as in misusages

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  1. misuses
  2. perversions
  3. abuses
Noun
  • Hall County, however, is just the latest jurisdiction to deal with possible Flock misuses.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The review comes as communities across metro Phoenix grapple with how to use the cameras as potential misuses of the technology by police departments come to light.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of misuses
Noun
  • But there’s more to it than gleeful perversions of genre.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
  • This garish cavalcade of perversions, which just premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, should have been shocking and transgressive; the pieces are certainly there.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2026
Definition of perversions
Noun
  • Another beauty founder has been embroiled in the aftermath of Jeffrey Epstein’s decades-long abuses.
    — James Manso, Allure, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Sharpeville’s fight forms part of a wider reckoning with apartheid-era abuses, as survivors say inadequate reparations and lasting trauma have left their community feeling forgotten in democratic South Africa.
    — Michelle Gumede, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of abuses
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“Mismanagements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mismanagements. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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