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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

“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

I didn't mismanage our health care system.I didn't invent the housing crisis.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2020

I can't afford to send some bungler who'd mismanage and let the sand-hills devour a half a dozen of my best legions.

From The Unwilling Vestal by White, Edward Lucas




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