mismanage
verb
mis·man·age
ˌmis-ˈma-nij 
mismanaged; mismanaging
: to manage (something) wrongly or poorly
mismanage a business
… started thinking that maybe employees are sometimes mismanaged because they let themselves be mismanaged. They don't fight back.—
A. J. Anderson
A. J. Anderson… even those professional Pollyannas who publicly find reason to praise the current municipal administration shake their heads in private and wonder how long we can go on deliberately mismanaging our affairs.—Brendan Gill
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Examples of mismanage in a Sentence
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Democrats responded by saying Youngkin had mismanaged the proposal from the start.
—Stephen Whyno, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
There should be an awareness that there is a risk of mismanaging human capital.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Washington’s approach underscores the importance of debt as a tool that, when used wisely, can aid in financial growth but, if mismanaged, can lead to financial ruin.
—True Tamplin, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
The government continually wastes and mismanages our money.
—Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
Costello claims city officials mismanaged and misled the public about E. coli contamination in West Baltimore’s drinking water over Labor Day weekend 2022.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
The commission imposed a spending cap on the upstate plant (which began regular operations in 1988, 13 years after construction started), and imposed a $1.35 billion penalty on the Long Island Lighting Company in 1985 for mismanaging the building of the Shoreham plant.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
His departure comes amid a civil corruption lawsuit brought by the State of New York, which alleges that the NRA and its executives violated their non-profit status and various state and federal laws, as well as grossly mismanaging the group’s finances.
—TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
Fans still call for his ouster every time the Ravens blow a lead or mismanage the game clock, but that’s part of the gig.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
Stephen Whyno, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
There should be an awareness that there is a risk of mismanaging human capital.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Washington’s approach underscores the importance of debt as a tool that, when used wisely, can aid in financial growth but, if mismanaged, can lead to financial ruin.
—True Tamplin, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
The government continually wastes and mismanages our money.
—Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
Costello claims city officials mismanaged and misled the public about E. coli contamination in West Baltimore’s drinking water over Labor Day weekend 2022.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
The commission imposed a spending cap on the upstate plant (which began regular operations in 1988, 13 years after construction started), and imposed a $1.35 billion penalty on the Long Island Lighting Company in 1985 for mismanaging the building of the Shoreham plant.
—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
His departure comes amid a civil corruption lawsuit brought by the State of New York, which alleges that the NRA and its executives violated their non-profit status and various state and federal laws, as well as grossly mismanaging the group’s finances.
—TIME, 12 Feb. 2024
Fans still call for his ouster every time the Ravens blow a lead or mismanage the game clock, but that’s part of the gig.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
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“Mismanage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mismanage. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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