mismanage
verb (used with or without object)
to manage incompetently or dishonestly.
were 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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The Nelsons allege in their lawsuit that Bonnie and Christopher Warford got control by lying to their sister, wrongly telling her the Nelsons were mismanaging the music business and her affairs.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2023
The management committee, particularly Mr. Dillon and Mr. Sherwin, were mismanaging, cried stockholders.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Wilson was abroad on his affairs he had no need to be afraid that things were mismanaging at home.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
