Definitions for mishandle

Definitions for (verb) mishandle

Main entry: misconduct, mishandle, mismanage

Definition: manage badly or incompetently

Usage: The funds were mismanaged


Main entry: flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, ball up, spoil, screw up, mishandle, muck up, muff, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle

Definition: make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Usage: I botched the dinner and we had to eat out; the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement


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