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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

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

It was natural, she supposed; he was clearly very sensitive on the subject of his own humble origin and bringing-up; but she sighed that a perverse youth should so mismanage his opportunities.

From Fenwick's Career by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.




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