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 company was mismanaged—financially and strategically—and had made some costly mistakes with a previous acquisition.
—Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
At the time, Bunn was aware that mismanaged evidence could lead to the potential legal consequences, according to the complaint.
—Julia Marnin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2025
The investigation, led by the Department of Health and Human Services, found that Florida mismanaged funding for the program, leading to bottlenecks in cash flow to the community organizations that help distribute the funds throughout the state.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
Established in the early days of pandemic shutdowns in 2020, the IDES program for enhanced unemployment insurance was overwhelmed with claims and badly mismanaged, the Illinois auditor general found in a report issued in 2023.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
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Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
At the time, Bunn was aware that mismanaged evidence could lead to the potential legal consequences, according to the complaint.
—Julia Marnin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Apr. 2025
The investigation, led by the Department of Health and Human Services, found that Florida mismanaged funding for the program, leading to bottlenecks in cash flow to the community organizations that help distribute the funds throughout the state.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
Established in the early days of pandemic shutdowns in 2020, the IDES program for enhanced unemployment insurance was overwhelmed with claims and badly mismanaged, the Illinois auditor general found in a report issued in 2023.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 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 4 Jun. 2025.
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