mismanagement

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as in mishandling

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Recent Examples of mismanagement He was hired by Italy’s Agnelli family to run Fiat in 2004 when, due to previous mismanagement and the recession, few in the auto industry believed it could be saved. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026 Earlier demonstrations erupted over mismanagement of a string of public examinations, and broader youth disenchantment with the authorities. — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Isolated North Korea has in the past faced huge food shortages driven by economic mismanagement and exacerbated by official clampdowns on border trade, as well as the diversion of scarce resources to military projects, according to experts. — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026 Argentine President Javier Milei, who in 2023 ran an outsider campaign against economic mismanagement, faces an uphill 2027 reelection bid as Argentines struggle with day-to-day economic challenges despite the country’s macroeconomic improvements. — Dan Restrepo, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026 Mark Klukow, assistant chief of operations with the law enforcement agency, acknowledged the issues and conceded there was mismanagement in the past. — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Turnaround challenges Adding to these geopolitical pressures, over which Boeing has little control, the company is still working on turning things around internally after years of mismanagement. — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026 Eventually, Columbus was arrested on mismanagement and brutality charges and died a broken man. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026 Now the Board has voted to shut down yet again to hide the terrible mismanagement under its current leadership. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
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  1. mishandling
  2. misuse
  3. abuse
  4. misapplication
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  • Four years before that, the governor ordered an independent review into capital punishment after abruptly stopping the April 2022 execution of Oscar Smith in the 11th hour when officials became aware of a mishandling of the drugs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of mishandling
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  • The simple truth is that no single technology can fully address AI misuse or determine whether a student cheated.
    — Melissa Loble, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • District Attorney Amy Wren said there were more than 25,000 misuses of official information.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of misuse
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  • Men shouted abuse from car windows or tried to bribe him with money, drugs, even girlfriends.
    — Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The department said ALPRs have led to the arrests of suspects in cases of homicide, theft, child abuse, burglary and among other crimes.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of abuse
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  • The Fifth Down Game There was a time when Missouri and Colorado were Big Eight foes, and the fifth down in 1990 remains the most infamous misapplication of justice in the history of college football.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • 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
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“Mismanagement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mismanagement. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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