mismanage
Example Sentences
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“Markets fear the government is mismanaging the economy and are therefore demanding a higher yield for holding Japanese debt, what they perceive as being riskier than before,” the analyst adds.
Reached by telephone, Marino declined to comment on the letter or the mismanaged director’s search.
From Los Angeles Times
There is a recognition within the party that the communication around winter fuel and proposed welfare cuts was mismanaged and has damaged the party, drowning out successes they would like to point to.
From BBC
This is "insurance" in case of "state collapse or a prolonged crisis", said Bajolet, adding these funds had been "mismanaged by the DGSE".
From Barron's
They and others turned against the war when the going got tough, and the Bush Administration mismanaged the occupation in many ways.
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