MISHANDLE
mismanage, mishandle, misconduct
(verb) manage badly or incompetently; “The funds were mismanaged”
botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
(verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin; “I botched the dinner and we had to eat out”; “the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
mishandle (third-person singular simple present mishandles, present participle mishandling, simple past and past participle mishandled)
(transitive) To manipulate something roughly, causing physical damage.
(transitive) To deal with a situation incorrectly or ineffectively; to make a mistake in handling a situation.
Synonyms
• (manipulate roughly): misuse, handle roughly, handle incorrectly
• (handle a situation incorrectly): mismanage
Noun
mishandle (countable and uncountable, plural mishandles)
Rough manipulation which causes physical damage.
Ineffective or incorrect deal.
Improper, wrong, or bad usage or treatment; abuse.
Anagrams
• shieldman
Source: Wiktionary
Mis*han"dle, v. t.
Definition: To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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