mismanagement
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Instead, industry mismanagement and a punishing economic depression left PdVSA and its partner squabbling over payments, according to people familiar with the business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
And Venezuela lacks the institutional bandwidth to respond, with many of its hospitals debilitated by years of mismanagement, a lack of drugs, power outages and the exodus of young doctors seeking a better life abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
In written submissions, Campbell's lawyer, Andrew Westwood KC alleged that Hellmich "carried out a long-term and consistent scheme of mismanagement and deception in relation to the running of the charity" which she concealed from others.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
“HUD cannot ignore LAHSA’s wanton mismanagement of public funds,” Hughes said in his letter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 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
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