mismanaging

This raised suspicions about Brizola's mismanaging of funds offered to him by Fidel Castro.

Although the rebellion was successfully put down he was invited to commit seppuku (ritual suicide to gain back his honor) due to his mismanaging of the situation.

In a new book, "Mismanaging America: The Rise of the Anti-Analytic Presidency" (University Press of Kansas), and in a paper delivered last fall at a symposium at Gettysburg College, Professor Williams argues that the result has been "hollow, incompetent government."