Meaning of MISHANDLE
Pronunciation: | | mis'handl
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- [v] manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"
- [v] make a mess of, destroy or ruin
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| 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 |
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| See Also: | | care, deal, fail, go wrong, handle, manage, miscarry | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Mis*han"dle\, v. t.
To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.
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| Related Terms: | | abuse, batter, be negligent, beat up, befoul, botch, bruise, brutalize, buffet, bugger up, bungle, convert, debase, defalcate, defile, desecrate, destroy, divert, do violence to, do wrong by, do wrong to, embezzle, foul, fuck up, harm, hurt, ill-treat, ill-use, injure, knock about, knock around, maladminister, maltreat, mangle, manhandle, maul, mess up, misadminister, misapply, misappropriate, misconduct, misdirect, misemploy, misgovern, misguide, mismanage, misrule, mistreat, misuse, molest, muddle, muff, outrage, peculate, pervert, pilfer, pollute, profane, prostitute, rough, rough up, roughhouse, ruin, savage, screw up, violate, wreck |
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