mishandle Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
   muck up; foul up; blow; botch up; botch; bollix; fumble; bollocks; bumble; ball up; bobble; bollocks up; spoil; bollix up; fuck up; fluff; flub; bodge; muff; louse up; mess up; screw up; bungle.
   
   • I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
   • the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
2. verb manage badly or incompetently
   misconduct; mismanage.
   
   • The funds were mismanaged

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