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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Another $123 billion appears to have been mismanaged.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 7 June 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, 14 May 2024
Even The Fighter, another film about a toxic family mismanaging a rookie’s career, ends on a congratulatory note.
—Beatrice Loayza, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2024
Iran and Russia are also mismanaging the Caspian Sea, which has been steadily sinking and reached a critical low in 2022.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 30 Jan. 2024
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 7 June 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, 14 May 2024
Even The Fighter, another film about a toxic family mismanaging a rookie’s career, ends on a congratulatory note.
—Beatrice Loayza, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2024
Iran and Russia are also mismanaging the Caspian Sea, which has been steadily sinking and reached a critical low in 2022.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 30 Jan. 2024
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“Mismanage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mismanage. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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