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mishandle mishandle definition

mishandle


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  mishandle 
 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  mishandle 
 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  mishandle 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  mishandle 
 
  2  senses  of  mishandle 
 
  Sense  1 
  botch,  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 
  =>  fail  go  wrong  miscarry 
 
  Sense  2 
  mismanage,  mishandle,  misconduct 
  =>  manage,  deal  care  handle 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  mishandle 
 
  mishandle  used  as  a  verb  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  mishandle 
 
  Sense  1 
  botch,  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 
  =>  fail  go  wrong  miscarry 
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  Sense  2 
  mismanage,  mishandle,  misconduct 
  =>  manage,  deal  care  handle 
  -------------- 
 
  Overview  of  verb  mishandle 
 
  The  verb  mishandle  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  botch,  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  --  (make  a  mess  of  destroy  or  ruin) 
  2.  mismanage,  mishandle,  misconduct  --  (manage  badly  or  incompetently;  "The  funds  were  mismanaged") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  mishandle 
 
  The  verb  mishandle  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  botch,  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  --  (make  a  mess  of  destroy  or  ruin) 
  2.  mismanage,  mishandle,  misconduct  --  (manage  badly  or  incompetently;  "The  funds  were  mismanaged") 



mishandle definition