mismanage
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Deirdre said the reason people are going to food banks is "not because we mismanage money. It's not because we can't budget. It's because there isn't enough to budget."
From BBC • May 24, 2025
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
"If we don't mismanage the thing, we shall be all right yet, Titty; but you won't do anything without speaking to me first—will you, Titty?"
From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Warren, Samuel
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