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mishandle

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9 lettersPronunciation /mɪsˈhændəl/Part of speech verbSorted adehilmnsStarts with MEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. manage badly or incompetently

Word origin

From Middle English mishandlen, equivalent to mis- + handle. Cognate with Saterland Frisian mishondelje, West Frisian mishandelje, Dutch mishandelen (“to mistreat”), German misshandeln (“to mistreat”).

Used in a sentence

  • If you mishandle a fragile package, the contents may break.
  • The prime minister was accused of mishandling the diplomatic crisis.
  • Naturally, the wisdom of striking to remedy grievances was questioned; but there were few dissentients from the view that the Government and B.T.C. are mishandling the human relations involved.

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