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Synonyms for mismanagement

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 4, High CampActions

management that is careless or inefficient

He accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

misdirection

Same sentence, swapped: He accomplished little due to the misdirection of his energies.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for mismanagement as it is used in the sentence above.

empowerment
homemaking
misappropriation

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