MISHANDLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mishandle mean? 

• MISHANDLE (verb)
  The verb MISHANDLE has 2 senses:

1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
2. manage badly or incompetently

  Familiarity information: MISHANDLE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISHANDLE (verb)

Meaning:

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

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

Context examples:

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

Hypernyms (to "mishandle" is one way to...):

fail; go wrong; miscarry (be unsuccessful)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Manage badly or incompetently

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

mismanage; misconduct; mishandle

Context example:

The funds were mismanaged

Hypernyms (to "mishandle" is one way to...):

care; deal; handle; manage (be in charge of, act on, or dispose of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something