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单词 mishandle
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mishandlev.

Brit. /ˌmɪsˈhandl/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈhænd(ə)l/
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and handle v.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, handle v.1
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + handle v.1 Compare Middle Dutch mishandelen (Dutch mishandelen ), Middle High German missehandeln (German misshandeln ). Compare earlier mishandling n.
1. intransitive. To use one's hands for a sinful purpose. Obsolete.
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a1500 St. Brendan's Confession (Cambr.) 257 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen 175 46 (MED) Wt myn hondis I haue myshandelyd [v.r. mys-handlid]..for I haue handelyd and touchid þt I schuld not haue touche ne handel.
2. transitive. To handle or treat badly, wrongly, or roughly; to ill-treat. Also in extended use.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [verb (transitive)]
misbedeOE
wait1303
beshrewc1325
misusea1382
mistreat1453
mishandle1530
misorder1550
mumble1588
maltreat1681
ill-treat1794
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > ill-treat [verb (transitive)]
tuckc888
tawc893
misbedeOE
graithc1330
to fare fair or foul with1340
misusea1382
outrayc1390
beshrewc1430
huspelc1440
misentreat1450
mistreat1453
abuse?1473
to mayne evil1481
demean1483
to put (a person) to villainya1513
harry1530
mishandle1530
touse1531
misorder1550
worrya1556
yark1565
mumble1588
buse1589
crow-tread1593
disabuse1607
maltreat1681
squeeze1691
ill-treat1794
punish1801
tousle1826
ill-use1841
razoo1890
mess1896
to play horse with1896
to bugger about1921
slug1925
to give (a person) the works1927
to kick about or around1938
mess1963
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 1869 The wardes of the cherch keie Thurgh mishandlinge ben myswreynt.]
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 637/2 It is nat well done to myshandell hym thus as you do.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius f. 257v There be some that are so beastly brutish that will mishandle the wordes and deedes of others, be they never so well spoken.
a1617 Sir J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 324 They were mishandled, ruffled and delayed here the Space of Months.
1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward II. xi. 261 It is a shame to see how they have mishandled the old man.
1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 93 He mishandled good subjects with great success.
1904 S. J. Weyman Abbess of Vlaye vii Solomon is old, and they may mishandle him.
1958 W. S. Churchill Hist. Eng.-speaking Peoples IV. xi. v. 166 The long, jaded, humiliated columns of brave men who had been so shamefully mishandled broke their ranks and almost dragged their restored commander from the saddle.
1983 E. Pizzey Watershed i. iii. 25 He mishandled the cork. The champagne exploded over the table.
1989 New Scientist 18 Mar. 29/1 In people with cystic fibrosis, many cells of the body mishandle salt, water and mucus.
3. transitive. To mismanage.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > manage unskilfully
misleadc1225
misrulea1393
misgovernc1400
miscook?1507
mishandle1530
maladminister1649
mismanage1692
misconduct1755
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 689/1 I restore a mater, or processe that was mysse handled.
1616 F. Bacon Tract Commendams in Wks. (1827) VII. 319 The proceedings wherein had either been mis-reported or mis-handled.
1950 ‘C. S. Forester’ Mr. Midshipman Hornblower v. 114 He might mishandle whatever situation he found, and bring down obloquy and derision upon his head.
1978 M. Cox Structuring Therapeutic Process ii. 32 Whenever trainees presented their difficulties..they usually indicated that they had mishandled time, depth or mutuality.
1990 Independent on Sunday 12 Aug. (Business section) 5/5 Business is wasting up to £1 bn a year by mishandling direct response advertising.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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