mis
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Third Person
mismanages
Present Participle
mismanaging
Past Tense
mismanaged
Past Participle
mismanaged
1
to inadequately direct something due to negligence or poor decision-making
- The previous CEO mismanaged the company's finances and drove it into bankruptcy.
- Officials are mismanaging recovery funds allocated for disaster relief.
- We have unfortunately mismanaged this relationship in the past.
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