mismanage
verb (used with or without object)
to manage incompetently or dishonestly.
was mismanaging
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past progressiveof mismanage.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Western Nexperia officials also contended in Dutch court that Wingtech’s Zhang was mismanaging the company and had conflicts of interest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
Berg, who has been dean since 2012, has long been criticized by a group of the school’s professors, who said they believed he was mismanaging the school’s finances and urged the university to replace him.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2017
In 1983, Mr. Hooks was suspended by the board’s chairwoman, Margaret Bush Wilson, a lawyer from St. Louis, who asserted that Mr. Hooks was mismanaging the organization.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2010
I was mismanaging this thing in the most idiotic way.
From The Little Nugget by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
