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mishandle

Pronunciation:  mis'handl

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 Definition: 
  1. [v]  manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"
  2. [v]  make a mess of, destroy or ruin
 
 Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, misconduct, mismanage, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil
 
 See Also: care, deal, fail, go wrong, handle, manage, miscarry

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Mis*han"dle\, v. t.
To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.

 
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