mishandle

Meaning of mishandle

noun
  1. Rough manipulation which causes physical damage.
  2. Ineffective or incorrect deal.
  3. Improper, wrong, or bad usage or treatment; abuse.
verb
  1. To manipulate something roughly, causing physical damage.
    If you mishandle a fragile package, the contents may break.
  2. To deal with a situation incorrectly or ineffectively; to make a mistake in handling a situation.
    The prime minister was accused of mishandling the diplomatic crisis.

Information about mishandle

  • The plural form of mishandle is: mishandles.
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Hyphenation of mishandle

mis-han-dle

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • mishandle is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

mishandle synonyms

Meaning botch:

botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, muff, blow, flub, spoil, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollocks, bobble

Meaning mismanage:

mismanage, misconduct

Meaning :

handle, incorrectly, misuse, roughly

Words that rhyme with mishandle

Mandle, Panhandle, Randle, bandle, brandle, candle, crankhandle, dandle, doorhandle, footcandle, handle, manhandle, overhandle, pandle, panhandle, prehandle, pumphandle, randle, rehandle, spandle, stickhandle, tandle, wandle, pendle, sendle, trendle, Brindle, Grindle, akindle, bindle, brindle, dindle, dwindle, enkindle, grindle, inkindle, kindle, miskindle, multispindle, nucleospindle, outswindle, prekindle, rekindle, rindle, shindle, sindle, spindle, swindle, trindle, twindle

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