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mishandle

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mishandle  \Mis*han"dle\,  v.  t. 
  To  handle  ill  or  wrongly;  to  maltreat. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mishandle 
  v  1:  make  a  mess  of  destroy  or  ruin  [syn:  {botch},  {fumble},  {botch 
  up},  {muff},  {blow},  {flub},  {screw  up},  {ball  up},  {blunder}, 
  {spoil},  {muck  up},  {bungle},  {fluff},  {bollix},  {bollix 
  up},  {bollocks},  {bollocks  up},  {bobble},  {louse  up},  {foul 
  up},  {mess  up},  {fuck  up}] 
  2:  manage  badly  or  incompetently;  "The  funds  were  mismanaged" 
  [syn:  {mismanage},  {misconduct}]




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