Associations to the word «Mishandle»

Wiktionary

MISHANDLE, verb. To handle badly, causing physical injury.
MISHANDLE, verb. To handle incorrectly, to make a mistake in handling a thing or situation.

Dictionary definition

MISHANDLE, verb. 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".
MISHANDLE, verb. Manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged".

Wise words

A word carries far, very far, deals destruction through time as the bullets go flying through space.
Joseph Conrad