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mishandle - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'mishandle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Mishandle [ v. t.]
- To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.

Meaning of 'mishandle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . mishandle [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Example in sentence:
  • I botched the dinner and we had to eat out;
  • the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Meaning (2):
- manage badly or incompetently
Example in sentence:
  • The funds were mismanaged

Nearby Words:

mis mis- misacceptation misaccompt misadjust misadjustment misadventure misadventured misadventurous misadvertence

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