mismanagement

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She told BBC Radio Scotland Breakfast that she wanted answers about why efforts to investigate allegations of financial mismanagement were "frustrated" by party chiefs.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

The charity received an official warning from the regulator in September 2022 "for mismanagement that had taken place from its incorporation in 2013 to the beginning of 2019".

From BBC • May 18, 2026

He added that mismanagement of water resources is a “catastrophe” for farmers and people displaced by fires.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Ted Blaisdell, a 67-year-old retired teacher and drama coach, had decided to vote no, believing there has been government mismanagement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

“There certainly was some great mismanagement in the education of those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it.”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen