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mismanage

[mis-man-ij] / mɪsˈmæn ɪdʒ /


VERB
manage badly
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Yann Leriche, chief executive of Eurotunnel's owner Getlink, said the change was something the business "cannot mismanage", with problems "not an option".

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2023

WildEarth Guardians in their complaint blame “a century of unsustainable water uses and mismanage of the Grande” for conditions that barely allow the minnow and other protected species to survive.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2022

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

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

There was no denying the fact that, mismanage his own private affairs as he might, this was a born leader of men.

From The Rocks of Valpre by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)




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