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
Recent Examples on the Web
Coleman filed for bankruptcy in 1999 and eventually took his mother to court over claims that his estate was being mismanaged.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024
Related Stories Of the plastic waste created by the apparel sector, 8.3 million tons leaked into the environment, which means about 40 percent of all plastic waste from the industry is mismanaged and negatively impacts the environment further.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 22 July 2024
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
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024
Related Stories Of the plastic waste created by the apparel sector, 8.3 million tons leaked into the environment, which means about 40 percent of all plastic waste from the industry is mismanaged and negatively impacts the environment further.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 22 July 2024
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
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 19 Sep. 2024.
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