Definitions for mishandle
mɪsˈhæn dlmis·han·dle

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

   make a mess of, destroy or ruin

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

2. mismanage, mishandle, misconductverb

   manage badly or incompetently

   "The funds were mismanaged"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mishandleverb

   To handle badly, causing physical injury.

2. mishandleverb

   To handle incorrectly, to make a mistake in handling a thing or situation.

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1. mishandle

   Mishandle generally refers to the act of managing, dealing with or controlling something or someone in an ineffective, inappropriate or incorrect way. It often implies negligence, incompetence, or lack of skill, resulting in damage or undesirable outcomes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mishandleverb

   to handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mishandle

   mis-han′dl, v.t. to maltreat.

Matched Categories

1. • Fail
   • Manage

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for mishandle »

1. shieldman

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mishandle in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mishandle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of mishandle in a Sentence

1. Cassady Douglas:

   Taking good care of [fish] and trying to promote proper fish care is really important for me, i see a lot of people mishandle fish and even if people release fish, they’ll see the fish swim away, but it doesn’t necessarily always live.

2. Joe Biden:

   We all have to sit down and get serious about how we retool this campaign, i'm not going to sit back idly and watch people mishandle this campaign.

3. Brett Schaefer:

   If he is proposing giving these resources to the U.N. system, it would represent a massive expansion of resources to organizations that have a troubling history of mismanagement and inefficiency, in 2018, global GDP was $85 trillion. Total revenue for the U.N. system in 2018 was $56 billion. Moreover, we have seen the World Health Organization badly mishandle the response to COVID-19 by trusting information from China. Why that experience would give governments confidence to give such resources to the UN is a mystery.

4. Cassady Douglas:

   I see a lot of people mishandle fish and even if people release fish, they’ll see the fish swim away, but it doesn’t necessarily always live.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mishandle
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mishandle
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mishandle
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=mishandle
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=mishandle