mishandle

mis·han·dle

M0336400 (mĭs-hăn′dl)tr.v. mis·han·dled, mis·han·dling, mis·han·dles 1. To deal with clumsily or inefficiently; mismanage: mishandled the project.2. To treat roughly; maltreat: The package was mishandled during shipping.

mishandle

(ˌmɪsˈhændəl) vb (tr) to handle or treat badly or inefficiently

mis•han•dle

(mɪsˈhæn dl)

v.t. -dled, -dling. 1. to handle roughly; maltreat. 2. to manage badly: to mishandle an estate. [1375–1425]

mishandle

Past participle: mishandled
Gerund: mishandling

Imperative
mishandle
mishandle

Present
I mishandle
you mishandle
he/she/it mishandles
we mishandle
you mishandle
they mishandle

Preterite
I mishandled
you mishandled
he/she/it mishandled
we mishandled
you mishandled
they mishandled

Present Continuous
I am mishandling
you are mishandling
he/she/it is mishandling
we are mishandling
you are mishandling
they are mishandling

Present Perfect
I have mishandled
you have mishandled
he/she/it has mishandled
we have mishandled
you have mishandled
they have mishandled

Past Continuous
I was mishandling
you were mishandling
he/she/it was mishandling
we were mishandling
you were mishandling
they were mishandling

Past Perfect
I had mishandled
you had mishandled
he/she/it had mishandled
we had mishandled
you had mishandled
they had mishandled

Future
I will mishandle
you will mishandle
he/she/it will mishandle
we will mishandle
you will mishandle
they will mishandle

Future Perfect
I will have mishandled
you will have mishandled
he/she/it will have mishandled
we will have mishandled
you will have mishandled
they will have mishandled

Future Continuous
I will be mishandling
you will be mishandling
he/she/it will be mishandling
we will be mishandling
you will be mishandling
they will be mishandling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been mishandling
you have been mishandling
he/she/it has been mishandling
we have been mishandling
you have been mishandling
they have been mishandling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been mishandling
you will have been mishandling
he/she/it will have been mishandling
we will have been mishandling
you will have been mishandling
they will have been mishandling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been mishandling
you had been mishandling
he/she/it had been mishandling
we had been mishandling
you had been mishandling
they had been mishandling

Conditional
I would mishandle
you would mishandle
he/she/it would mishandle
we would mishandle
you would mishandle
they would mishandle

Past Conditional
I would have mishandled
you would have mishandled
he/she/it would have mishandled
we would have mishandled
you would have mishandled
they would have mishandled

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	mishandle - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, muck up, ball up, spoil, muff, screw up, fumble, blowgo wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
	2.	mishandle - manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"mismanage, misconducthandle, manage, care, deal - be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"

mishandle

verb mismanage, bungle, botch, mess up (informal), screw (up) (informal), make a mess of, muff, make a hash of (informal), make a nonsense of, bodge (informal), flub (U.S. slang) The judge said the police had mishandled the siege.

mishandle

verb1. To use wrongly and improperly:abuse, misapply, misappropriate, misuse, pervert.2. To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess:ball up, blunder, boggle, botch, bungle, foul up, fumble, gum up, mess up, mismanage, muddle, muff, spoil.Informal: bollix up, muck up.Slang: blow, goof up, louse up, screw up, snafu.Idiom: make a muck of.3. To hurt or injure by maltreatment:abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat, misuse.

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