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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The extreme risks taken by the production team inadvertently spotlighted the consequences of mismanaging wildlife instead of drawing attention to conservation.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Newsom accused Trump and his allies of spreading misinformation about the source of the fires, and Trump in turn accused Newsom and local officials of mismanaging the wildfire response.
—Lia Russell, Sacramento Bee, 20 Jan. 2025
Trump has accused Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of mismanaging the state’s water supply and has suggested that Newsom should resign and amend California’s water controls or risk losing out on federal disaster relief.
—Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Jan. 2025
After some fire hydrants ran dry, president-elect Donald Trump baselessly accused California governor Gavin Newsom of mismanaging the state’s water supplies to save an endangered fish.
—Alec Luhn, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Newsom accused Trump and his allies of spreading misinformation about the source of the fires, and Trump in turn accused Newsom and local officials of mismanaging the wildfire response.
—Lia Russell, Sacramento Bee, 20 Jan. 2025
Trump has accused Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom of mismanaging the state’s water supply and has suggested that Newsom should resign and amend California’s water controls or risk losing out on federal disaster relief.
—Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Jan. 2025
After some fire hydrants ran dry, president-elect Donald Trump baselessly accused California governor Gavin Newsom of mismanaging the state’s water supplies to save an endangered fish.
—Alec Luhn, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
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 1 Mar. 2025.
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