mismanagement

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as in mishandling

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Recent Examples of mismanagement Six months after Alec Bohm sued his parents, Daniel and Lisa Bohm, for alleged financial mismanagement, the parties settled the matter out of court. — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Decades of corruption and mismanagement of the power sector have forced many businesses to use alternative sources, such as generators. — Light Oriye Tamunotonye, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2026 But mismanagement, underinvestment and decades of international sanctions on the Venezuelan government contributed to the decline of the country’s oil industry. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026 The country's oil infrastructure is in a state of disrepair after years of mismanagement by its socialist government. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 Floods and human mismanagement helped the carp escape into the Mississippi River system, where their spread has exploded. — Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2026 Hopefully, the Venezuelan government will have learned from its past mismanagement of the industry, especially the politicization of its management. — Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 While the department attributes the opacity around its procurement and distribution of its massive, $1 trillion budget to the sheer size of the agency and its responsibilities, the GAO has found evidence instead of pervasive money mismanagement. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Instead, the complaint alleges, many of those initiatives never happened, and investors received false updates and were kept in the dark about Wondermind’s mismanagement and descent into financial turmoil. — Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mismanagement
  1. mishandling
  2. misuse
  3. abuse
  4. misapplication
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  • The bill was ushered through the state General Assembly after the discovery of extensive mishandling of bodies at a Carlinville funeral home, where at least 80 families were given the wrong remains.
    — Casey Toner, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Welch has described his mishandling of this matter as a systemic failure.
    — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of mishandling
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  • Thirteen days before Morissette’s lawsuit, Urinov filed her own claim against the singer in London’s King Bench Division, which handles cases of defamation, misuse of private information, data protection, and harassment by publication.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Flock Safety announced some changes to its policies in mid-August after reports of misuse, including requiring officers to enter specific codes.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of misuse
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  • Before Saylor Hayes’ parents were arrested in connection with the 5-year-old girl’s death this week, the couple had been charged with child abuse and had a history of drug use, court documents show.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
  • McManus, 50, was arrested and charged with misdemeanor child abuse, officials said.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • Leedberg-Snow pleaded guilty to felony counts of solicitation to commit vital records fraud, title fraud, theft by misapplication of property and witness tampering, per the attorney general’s office.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
  • Porter was charged with five felony counts of theft of service over $30,000 and one count of misapplication of a trust fund, which is a misdemeanor.
    — Tanya Babbar, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 May 2026
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“Mismanagement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mismanagement. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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