mismanage in English

verb
1
manage (something) badly or wrongly.
If anyone working in the private sector mismanaged a budget as badly as the council has, they would be sacked.
synonyms:bunglemake a mess ofmishandlespoilruinwreckbotchmake a hash ofmess upscrew upfluff
verb

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1. South Africa mismanage it, they said.

2. The exigencies of forming may make it necessary to mismanage a pasture.

3. If they mismanage a crisis, the damage can be considerable.

4. Never tell them the reason you fell behind is because you mismanage your money.

5. The only other person to face charges has been an accountant accused of helping to mismanage Madoff's books.

6. People who do not see the difference between non-behavior-driven and behavior-driven initiatives will mismanage change.

7. There can be severe consequences for those who mismanage finances, fumble along without a business plan or don't understand clients.

8. That's what happens when you so thoroughly mismanage your own balance sheet -- clients looking for somebody to manage their money think twice.

9. Their attitude partly reflects a suspicion that public officials entrusted with large sums of money will pocket much of it and mismanage the rest.

10. Employers who mismanage the expectations of their returning staff should not be surprised if they use the kudos of their international experience to explore avenues elsewhere.

11. Before we have children we know just how to avoid making the mistakes our parents made and how to handle those violent tempers that we see other parents mismanage.