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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But many Cubans blame their own leaders for mismanaging the economy — and straying from the ideals of Castro’s revolution.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Better inside than outside There is a growing bipartisan consensus that Mullin will replace Noem, who badly mismanaged her portfolio.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
That suit claimed Woodrow embezzled and mismanaged funds.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
And the protests were about how grossly the country was being mismanaged, but also that a majority of Lebanese people, across all sectarian groups, were fed up.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
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Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Better inside than outside There is a growing bipartisan consensus that Mullin will replace Noem, who badly mismanaged her portfolio.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
That suit claimed Woodrow embezzled and mismanaged funds.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
And the protests were about how grossly the country was being mismanaged, but also that a majority of Lebanese people, across all sectarian groups, were fed up.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
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 30 Mar. 2026.
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