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mishandle

[ mis-han-dl ]

verb (used with object)

mishandled, mishandling.
  1. to handle badly; maltreat:

    to mishandle a dog.

  2. to manage badly:

    to mishandle an estate.

  3. to lose or misplace:

    to mishandle baggage.



mishandle

/ ˌɪˈæԻə /

verb

  1. tr to handle or treat badly or inefficiently
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mishandle1

First recorded in 1490–1500; mis- 1 + handle
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Small Business Administration and mishandling loan funds, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

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Survivors of the Eaton fire gathered Thursday morning in Pasadena to condemn State Farm’s alleged mishandling of a slew of claims by policyholders who suffered losses in the blaze.

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Ten victims of the Palisades and Eaton fires sued the Fair Plan, accusing California’s insurer of last resort of mishandling smoke damage claims.

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At one point the crisis was so bad that the then home secretary Braverman was publicly fending off claims in Parliament that she had mishandled what to do with the arriving migrants.

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Bernstein had previously aided special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into allegations that Trump mishandled classified documents after leaving office and fostered an insurrection with lies about the results of the 2020 election.

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