Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mishandle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mishandle \Mis*han"dle\, v. t.
To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mishandle
v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin [syn: {botch}, {bumble}, {fumble},
{botch up}, {muff}, {blow}, {flub}, {screw up}, {ball
up}, {spoil}, {muck up}, {bungle}, {fluff}, {bollix}, {bollix
up}, {bollocks}, {bollocks up}, {bobble}, {louse up}, {foul
up}, {mess up}, {fuck up}]
2: manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"
[syn: {mismanage}, {misconduct}]
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