mismanage
verb (used with or without object)
to manage incompetently or dishonestly.
is mismanaging
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present progressiveof mismanage (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Private-equity firm Roark Capital is mismanaging Driven, ADW Capital said in a letter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Sure, injuries have plagued the team this season, but it’s Roberts who is mismanaging the pitching staff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2021
“It’s not as much about the ideas as it is the execution of those plans — the company is mismanaging the opportunities in front of them,” he said.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2018
“They think that the bureau is mismanaging money,” Kevin James said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2014
I have bought cheaply, and the business should have been a very profitable one; but my partner in London is either not acting fairly by me, or he is mismanaging matters altogether.
From The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
