Mishandle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To deal with clumsily or inefficiently; mismanage.
  • v. To treat roughly; maltreat.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To handle badly, causing physical injury.
  • v. To handle incorrectly, to make a mistake in handling a thing or situation.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To maltreat.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. manage badly or incompetently
  • v. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
    • Verb Form
    mishandled    mishandles    mishandling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    handle    deal    care    manage    miscarry   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    maltreat    illtreat    mismanage   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Handel    Randal    Randall    Vandal    bandel   
     
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