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
Brendan GillExamples of mismanage in a Sentence
the business was mismanaged so seriously that it eventually had to declare bankruptcy
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The elder Hendrix sued Branton in 1993, claiming that the business had been mismanaged and that the attorney conducted unauthorized transactions.
—Mike Alleyne Ph.d, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The audit found the motel shelter program had become costly, mismanaged and led to extended stays.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Falsified results from the UK's equine lab The university also released a 32-page internal audit investigation that found Stanley falsified test results, failed to disclose outside work and mismanaged lab operations.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
The district had been neglected and mismanaged for decades, stretching back to when white flight picked up in the 1970s, and later corruption – which eventually led to FBI investigations – made everything worse.
—Aubri Juhasz, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
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Mike Alleyne Ph.d, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The audit found the motel shelter program had become costly, mismanaged and led to extended stays.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Falsified results from the UK's equine lab The university also released a 32-page internal audit investigation that found Stanley falsified test results, failed to disclose outside work and mismanaged lab operations.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2025
The district had been neglected and mismanaged for decades, stretching back to when white flight picked up in the 1970s, and later corruption – which eventually led to FBI investigations – made everything worse.
—Aubri Juhasz, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mismanage
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“Mismanage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mismanage. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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