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Mismanage means to manage badly or incompetently. Regular verb: mismanage-mismanaged-mismanaged.
Meanings
- To manage poorly
- To handle incompetently
- To run badly
Common Collocations
mismanage funds
mismanage a company
grossly mismanaged
mismanage resources
Tip for Learners
Mismanage implies incompetent handling. "The project was badly mismanaged."
Present Simple
| I | mismanage |
| you | mismanage |
| he/she/it | mismanages |
| we | mismanage |
| they | mismanage |
Examples - Present Simple
- I never mismanage my finances.
- You mismanage your time often.
- He mismanages the company's funds.
- We never mismanage client resources.
- They mismanage public funds.
Present Continuous
| I | am mismanaging |
| you | are mismanaging |
| he/she/it | is mismanaging |
| we | are mismanaging |
| they | are mismanaging |
Examples - Present Continuous
- I am not mismanaging anything.
- You are mismanaging the project.
- She is mismanaging the budget.
- We are not mismanaging resources.
- They are mismanaging the situation.
Present Perfect
| I | have mismanaged |
| you | have mismanaged |
| he/she/it | has mismanaged |
| we | have mismanaged |
| they | have mismanaged |
Examples - Present Perfect
- I have never mismanaged funds.
- You have mismanaged the project.
- He has mismanaged company assets.
- We have not mismanaged resources.
- They have mismanaged the economy.
Present Perfect Continuous
| I | have been mismanaging |
| you | have been mismanaging |
| he/she/it | has been mismanaging |
| we | have been mismanaging |
| they | have been mismanaging |
Examples - Present Perfect Continuous
- I have not been mismanaging anything.
- You have been mismanaging time.
- She has been mismanaging the team.
- We have not been mismanaging funds.
- They have been mismanaging resources.
Past Simple
| I | mismanaged |
| you | mismanaged |
| he/she/it | mismanaged |
| we | mismanaged |
| they | mismanaged |
Examples - Past Simple
- I mismanaged my finances once.
- You mismanaged the project badly.
- He mismanaged the company.
- We mismanaged nothing.
- They mismanaged the crisis completely.
Past Continuous
| I | was mismanaging |
| you | were mismanaging |
| he/she/it | was mismanaging |
| we | were mismanaging |
| they | were mismanaging |
Examples - Past Continuous
- I was not mismanaging anything.
- You were mismanaging the project.
- She was mismanaging the budget.
- We were not mismanaging resources.
- They were mismanaging the situation.
Past Perfect
| I | had mismanaged |
| you | had mismanaged |
| he/she/it | had mismanaged |
| we | had mismanaged |
| they | had mismanaged |
Examples - Past Perfect
- I had never mismanaged funds before.
- You had mismanaged projects previously.
- He had mismanaged the department.
- We had not mismanaged resources.
- They had mismanaged public funds.
Past Perfect Continuous
| I | had been mismanaging |
| you | had been mismanaging |
| he/she/it | had been mismanaging |
| we | had been mismanaging |
| they | had been mismanaging |
Examples - Past Perfect Continuous
- I had not been mismanaging anything.
- You had been mismanaging time.
- She had been mismanaging the team.
- We had not been mismanaging funds.
- They had been mismanaging for years.
Future Simple
| I | will mismanage |
| you | will mismanage |
| he/she/it | will mismanage |
| we | will mismanage |
| they | will mismanage |
Examples - Future Simple
- I will not mismanage this project.
- You will mismanage it without guidance.
- He will mismanage the company.
- We will not mismanage resources.
- They will mismanage the funds.
Future Continuous
| I | will be mismanaging |
| you | will be mismanaging |
| he/she/it | will be mismanaging |
| we | will be mismanaging |
| they | will be mismanaging |
Examples - Future Continuous
- I will not be mismanaging anything.
- You will be mismanaging the project.
- She will be mismanaging the budget.
- We will not be mismanaging resources.
- They will be mismanaging the situation.
Future Perfect
| I | will have mismanaged |
| you | will have mismanaged |
| he/she/it | will have mismanaged |
| we | will have mismanaged |
| they | will have mismanaged |
Examples - Future Perfect
- I will not have mismanaged anything.
- You will have mismanaged the project.
- He will have mismanaged the company.
- We will not have mismanaged resources.
- They will have mismanaged everything.
Future Perfect Continuous
| I | will have been mismanaging |
| you | will have been mismanaging |
| he/she/it | will have been mismanaging |
| we | will have been mismanaging |
| they | will have been mismanaging |
Examples - Future Perfect Continuous
- I will not have been mismanaging anything.
- You will have been mismanaging time.
- She will have been mismanaging the team.
- We will not have been mismanaging funds.
- They will have been mismanaging resources.