mismanage

Deirdre said the reason people are going to food banks is "not because we mismanage money. It's not because we can't budget. It's because there isn't enough to budget."

From BBC ● May 24, 2025

If humans mismanage the land by recklessly razing forests or by farming in unsustainable ways, emissions that warm the planet can increase.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2022

“We didn’t have any money to mismanage, because we didn’t have any money,” Spence said of the JFK8 campaign.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2022

As he approaches a likely third term in power that would start next year, it could be politically damaging if his government were to mismanage Evergrande.

From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2021

You never would have had any property to mismanage if it hadn't been for her; and see the way you show your gratitude for it.

From The Man Who Stole A Meeting-House 1878, From "Coupon Bonds" by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

Reporting from The New York Times has highlighted the way that the jail complex mismanages the stationing of its nearly 8,000 uniformed staff members, with some rarely interacting with detainees at all.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2022

Wired’s investigation is a deep dive that demonstrates how your data can be at risk if a massive company mismanages internal access to it or carelessly leaves it open to outsiders.

From The Verge ● Nov. 19, 2021

"It’s not uncommon that a conservator mismanages money and profits off of that," Kaplan said.

From Fox News ● Oct. 1, 2021

I have been very happy sometimes during the past year; and whatever the blind Fate that mismanages the world may elect to demand in payment, I shall not haggle.

From The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking by Cabell, James Branch

The man who manages his neighbor's affairs mismanages his own.

From The Sowers by Merriman, Henry Seton

Audax swiftly countersued, claiming H.I.G. mismanaged the business after taking over.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

"Even though I mismanaged orders terribly I was steering my own business wheel," she said.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025

Reached by telephone, Marino declined to comment on the letter or the mismanaged director’s search.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025

This is "insurance" in case of "state collapse or a prolonged crisis", said Bajolet, adding these funds had been "mismanaged by the DGSE".

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025

You’re still not facing up to how badly you have mismanaged your business.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The group were were being punished for "mismanaging" the battery exchanges for Spiro motorbikes, which they denied.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Feldstein Soto has also been accused of mismanaging her office and using the city’s prosecutorial powers for personal vendettas in multiple lawsuits, allegations she has repeatedly denied.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

Private-equity firm Roark Capital is mismanaging Driven, ADW Capital said in a letter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

On Friday, a founder and partner, Doug Quint, filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court accusing another partner, Jon Chapski, of mismanaging the company and fraudulently collecting government loans during the pandemic.

From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2023

For weeks before Garfield's death, medical journals and general newspapers had accused Bliss of mismanaging his care.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow