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
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.
• (manipulate roughly): misuse, handle roughly, handle incorrectly
• (handle a situation incorrectly): mismanage
mishandle (countable and uncountable, plural mishandles)
Rough manipulation which causes physical damage.
Ineffective or incorrect deal.
Improper, wrong, or bad usage or treatment; abuse.
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Source: Wiktionary
Mis*han"dle, v. t.
Definition: To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
