mishandle
VerbUS[mis-han-duhl]/mɪsˈhændəl/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Verb (2)
- 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”Synonyms: botchbodgebumblefumblebotch upmuffblowflubscrew upball upspoilmuck upbunglefluffbollixbollix upbollocksbollocks upbobblelouse upfoul upmess upfuck upMore general fail, go wrong
- manage badly or incompetently“The funds were mismanaged”Synonyms: mismanagemisconductMore general manage, deal
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Mis·han′dle transitive verb
To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54