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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mismanage.

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Examples

  • In a rare display of "sticking it to the man," legendary New York DJ Funkmaster Flex threatened to ban all Interscope artists from his Hot 97 show due to the label mismanaging their music and influence.

    ShowHype - Top Entertainment News, Videos, and Blogs 2009

  • A month later, another nurse is discharged for "mismanaging" her patients 'Lortab.

    Who's minding your mom? And who's STEALING her DRUGS? The next generation of elder abuse. 2009

  • After the 2003 recall and public lynching of former governor Gray Davis for allegedly "mismanaging" California's energy crisis, the citizens inherited a cadre of leaders seemingly without a plan, much less a clue what to do, to remedy the state's fiscal ills.

    "California--Mired in Minutia" 2009

  • And thanks to his brilliant "mismanaging" of the nine, losing shortstop Skeet Wigglesworth and the substitutes, he had played the entire nine innings of the Ballard-Bannister baseball contest, and, therefore, was eligible for his green B.

    T. Haviland Hicks Senior J. Raymond Elderdice

  • She had sharp criticism for Republicans and Democrats, in Washington as well as in Providence, for "mismanaging" the economic crisis, noting that last year Pawtucket used some

    TheState.com: The Buzz 2010

  • Overcoming obstacles to career success Obstacles such as mismanaging our energy and fear of failure hold us back from success, according to author and blogger Henrik Edberg .

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed HARVEY SCHACHTER 2010

  • She had sharp criticism for Republicans and Democrats, in Washington as well as in Providence, for "mismanaging" the economic crisis, noting that last year Pawtucket used some

    The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front 2010

  • In London, the government was criticized for "mismanaging" the crisis by the opposition Conservatives, who described the situation as a "fiasco."

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • In London, the government was criticized for "mismanaging" the crisis by the opposition Conservatives, who described the situation as a "fiasco."

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • These men and women go through enough fighting for our country and now they have to worry about our hospitals "mismanaging" an insulin pen?

    WIBW - HomePage - Headlines 2009

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