Learn Swedish: Chefen verkar missköta företaget. - The boss seems to mismanage the company.

The base verb is sköta, which means "to manage", "to handle", or "to take care of". The prefix miss- is pejorative, meaning it turns a positive or neutral action into a bad one. Just like the English "mis-", it creates missköta (to mismanage or neglect).

Why is missköta spelled with only two 's's if it combines miss- and sköta?

Swedish spelling rules do not allow three identical consonants in a row. When combining the prefix miss- with the root word sköta, the expected spelling misssköta loses one 's' to become missköta.

Why doesn't missköta have the word att (to) in front of it?

It follows the verb verkar (seems). In Swedish, certain verbs like verka (seem) and bruka (usually do) are followed directly by a bare infinitive, without the infinitive marker att (to).

Can missköta be used reflexively if the boss is just generally doing a bad job?

Yes! If you drop the specific object (företaget) and add a reflexive pronoun, you get missköta sig. This means "to misbehave" or "to neglect oneself". So, chefen verkar missköta sig would mean "the boss seems to be misbehaving".