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MISHANDLE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they mishandle ... he / she / it mishandles
Past simple: mishandled
Past participle: mishandled
-ing form: mishandling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Manage badly or incompetently
Example:
The funds were mismanaged
Synonyms:
misconduct; mishandle; mismanage
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Example:
the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Synonyms:
ball up; blow; bobble; bodge; bollix; bollix up; bollocks; bollocks up; botch; botch up; bumble; bungle; flub; fluff; foul up; fuck up; fumble; louse up; mess up; mishandle; muck up; muff; screw up; spoil
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "mishandle" is one way to...):
fail; go wrong; miscarry (be unsuccessful)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
