what does mishandle mean?
MISHANDLE as VERB
- Meaning
- manage badly or incompetently
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Usage Example(s)
- The funds were mismanaged
Hypernyms(s) mishandle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
- Meaning
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Hypernyms(s) mishandle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
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