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
the business was mismanaged so seriously that it eventually had to declare bankruptcy
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Steward, which runs 31 hospitals across the country, declared bankruptcy in May amid allegations that its leaders and owners mismanaged the company and prioritized profits over patient care.
—Mckenzie Beard, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
That one of these precious few was immediately trashed by critics who didn’t understand it and mismanaged by a company that was too scared to court controversy, is a shame.
—Juan Barquin, IndieWire, 15 July 2024
François-Xavier Marit | Pool | Getty Images The Russian media has subsequently portrayed the Games as mis-run and mismanaged, focusing on crime, controversy and pollution at the event and accusing host France of having a cavalier and careless approach to the well-being of athletes.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2024
For decades, Florida Democrats mismanaged their way into irrelevance.
—Yacob Reyes, Axios, 29 July 2024
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Mckenzie Beard, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
That one of these precious few was immediately trashed by critics who didn’t understand it and mismanaged by a company that was too scared to court controversy, is a shame.
—Juan Barquin, IndieWire, 15 July 2024
François-Xavier Marit | Pool | Getty Images The Russian media has subsequently portrayed the Games as mis-run and mismanaged, focusing on crime, controversy and pollution at the event and accusing host France of having a cavalier and careless approach to the well-being of athletes.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2024
For decades, Florida Democrats mismanaged their way into irrelevance.
—Yacob Reyes, Axios, 29 July 2024
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“Mismanage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mismanage. Accessed 7 Sep. 2024.
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