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
Four years ago, amid a pandemic, a recession and the discord that followed George Floyd’s murder by police, many voters blamed Trump — if not for causing the crises, at least for mismanaging them.
—Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
The superintendent has created a culture of fear and intimidation, union leaders said Monday, while adding to administrative bloat, mismanaging the district's budget, micromanaging workers and violating union contracts.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 13 May 2024
That’s in addition to the other serious and costly conditions that can come from untreated or mismanaged obesity—like heart disease, liver disease stroke and type 2 diabetes.
—Dr. Tejaswi Kompala, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Belief that technology innovation is being mismanaged by institutions outweighed beliefs that it is being well managed across all income, gender, and age demographics.
—Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2024
Democrats responded by saying Youngkin had mismanaged the proposal from the start.
—Stephen Whyno, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
There should be an awareness that there is a risk of mismanaging human capital.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Washington’s approach underscores the importance of debt as a tool that, when used wisely, can aid in financial growth but, if mismanaged, can lead to financial ruin.
—True Tamplin, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
The government continually wastes and mismanages our money.
—Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
The superintendent has created a culture of fear and intimidation, union leaders said Monday, while adding to administrative bloat, mismanaging the district's budget, micromanaging workers and violating union contracts.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 13 May 2024
That’s in addition to the other serious and costly conditions that can come from untreated or mismanaged obesity—like heart disease, liver disease stroke and type 2 diabetes.
—Dr. Tejaswi Kompala, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Belief that technology innovation is being mismanaged by institutions outweighed beliefs that it is being well managed across all income, gender, and age demographics.
—Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2024
Democrats responded by saying Youngkin had mismanaged the proposal from the start.
—Stephen Whyno, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
There should be an awareness that there is a risk of mismanaging human capital.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Washington’s approach underscores the importance of debt as a tool that, when used wisely, can aid in financial growth but, if mismanaged, can lead to financial ruin.
—True Tamplin, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
The government continually wastes and mismanages our money.
—Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
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“Mismanage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mismanage. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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