How to Use mismanage in a Sentence

mismanage

verb
  • Some were mismanaged for years and allowed to drift.
    — Louis Mosca, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • There’s a handful of banks that were mismanaged, but largely, banks are in very strong health.
    — Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 22 June 2023
  • Rinn concurs with Allen that the district has been mismanaged for years.
    — East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2024
  • When it’s mismanaged, even the smartest strategic plans collapse under their own weight.
    — Emad Rahim, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Fans still call for his ouster every time the Ravens blow a lead or mismanage the game clock, but that’s part of the gig.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
  • At the time, the actor claimed his father had mismanaged the money from his early movies and abused him.
    — Janelle Ash, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Which the Gamecocks did, after mismanaging the clock at the end of the first half.
    — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • That suit claimed Woodrow embezzled and mismanaged funds.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
  • For three decades, the state has mismanaged funds earmarked for minimizing the threat.
    — Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Restrepo says that the three species of bluefin tuna have all been horribly mismanaged in the past.
    — Jean Trinh, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
  • There should be an awareness that there is a risk of mismanaging human capital.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The money was found bilked from the government’s coffers and mismanaged.
    — Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Advocates for those detained say the jail is mismanaged and needs to be discarded.
    — Ben Brasch, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Risks like meltdowns and mismanaged waste remain, even as interest builds.
    — ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Young is adamant about clearing up accusations that her team mismanaged or overworked her.
    — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Biden said Trump blew up the national debt and mismanaged the pandemic.
    — The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2024
  • So, even with the context of the situation, the Rangers once again mismanaged things.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • There’s no doubt that some female and minority leaders are held back and/or mismanaged.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
  • He has been blamed for mismanaging the bullpen, mucking up the lineup and failing to put this team in a position to succeed.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • He has been blamed for mismanaging the bullpen, mucking up the lineup, and failing to put this team in a position to succeed.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • This measure may be well-intentioned, but intention is not enough, and it will probably be mismanaged, and for what?
    — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026
  • But Florida is being paved, asphalted and mismanaged to the point that all the reasons this was a great place to live are gone.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2025
  • Democrats responded by saying Youngkin had mismanaged the proposal from the start.
    — Stephen Whyno, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The exchange only increased my feeling that the whole thing was mismanaged and unjustified.
    — Karla L. Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • But after being neglected and mismanaged for decades, the underdog river is about to make a comeback.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The mismanaged studios of the mid-1960s had no money to spend and no executives left to spend it.
    — Peter Bart, Deadline, 25 June 2026
  • But now signs have emerged that Argentina’s bizarre and long mismanaged economy is starting to look a little more normal.
    — Isabel Debre, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The audit found the motel shelter program had become costly, mismanaged and led to extended stays.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Building and owning a home has turned from being a reasonable life goal to a complete cash grab by corrupt and mismanaged governments.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • Stellantis managed to turn off customers to what was one of the hottest and most desirable brands by jacking up prices and mismanaging its lineup.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024

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