mismanage

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In that interview, Ms Yulo said that contrary to allegations, she did not mismanage her son's money and had in fact deposited it at a bank in Manila.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024

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

I didn’t understand how people with enough money could so easily mismanage it or make monumentally bad financial decisions.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 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

Meanwhile the Richmond Government was more Page 281 foolish than the Washington was wise; for it let Davis mismanage the strategy without any reference to Lee.

From Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray by Wood, William Charles Henry