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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On the other, this stop on the star’s Hot Girl Summer tour was woefully mismanaged at times and felt increasingly repetitive as the night wore on.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
Shari Redstone was convinced that Viacom was being mismanaged.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
If the provider is being mismanaged, the court could also appoint a trustee to operate it while in bankruptcy, officials said.
—Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2024
Another $123 billion appears to have been mismanaged.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 7 June 2024
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Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
Shari Redstone was convinced that Viacom was being mismanaged.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
If the provider is being mismanaged, the court could also appoint a trustee to operate it while in bankruptcy, officials said.
—Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2024
Another $123 billion appears to have been mismanaged.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 7 June 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 15 Jul. 2024.
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