as in to misconduct
to manage badly
the business was mismanaged so seriously that it eventually had to declare bankruptcy
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Recent Examples of mismanage
The five-year legal battle between the heirs of American scene painter Thomas Hart Benton and a Kansas City bank accused of mismanaging his estate, selling his pieces for below their market value, and misplacing more than 100 artworks, has ended in a win for the bank.
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Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Rafał Trzaskowski, the presidential candidate of the ruling party of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, recently accused Poland’s central bank of mismanaging inflation and offered to send the governor some butter as proof, according to the Financial Times.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
Some hideously mismanaged childhood vaccination in Leningrad created a thick keloid scar running the length of my right shoulder.
—Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
The Gophers men’s basketball team mismanaged its way to only 12 points through 16-plus minutes in Tuesday’s first half at Michigan State.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 29 Jan. 2025
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Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Rafał Trzaskowski, the presidential candidate of the ruling party of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, recently accused Poland’s central bank of mismanaging inflation and offered to send the governor some butter as proof, according to the Financial Times.
—Hanna Ziady, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
Some hideously mismanaged childhood vaccination in Leningrad created a thick keloid scar running the length of my right shoulder.
—Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
The Gophers men’s basketball team mismanaged its way to only 12 points through 16-plus minutes in Tuesday’s first half at Michigan State.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mismanage
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The Hoover Desk During former President Herbert Hoover's presidency in 1929, a fire severely damaged the West Wing of the White House, including the Oval Office.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Despite initially being told his bone had been damaged and his arm would probably need to be amputated, doctors managed to save it.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey was among those saying the group had not violated any laws.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Investigators subsequently tracked down and arrested Nathan on a charge of violating an injunction barring contact with the child and her mother.—
David J. Neal and,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2025
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The 2024 rule made mishandling wheelchairs a violation of the federal Air Carrier Access Act.—
Kate Gibson,
CBS News,
20 Feb. 2025
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But as questions swirled around the February 2022 allegations of mishandling of records by Trump, Bloomberg News reporter Jason Leopold filed a FOIA request for six categories of documents.—
Jack Date,
ABC News,
11 Feb. 2025
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The suit alleged Combs raped, drugged and physically abused her, the latter claim being supported by a 2016 hotel video obtained and released by CNN last year of the music producer dragging and hitting the singer.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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While fentanyl is not widely abused in Mexico, methamphetamine addiction is commonplace.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Mismanage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mismanage. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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