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Mishandle   Listen
verb
Mishandle  v. t.  To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Mishandle" Quotes from Famous Books



... and weepeth. No man ever wept like that and went not forth, but some go forth who have not wept. And they go forth to certain failure. They mishandle life, and with good intent do harm. But that is not the worst thing to be said about these toilers without tears. It is not that they touch life so unskilfully, but they touch so little of it. It is only through his tears that a man sees what his work is and where it ...
— The Threshold Grace • Percy C. Ainsworth

... fathers," said the archer in French as they came abreast of them, "you have beaten enough for to-day. The road is all spotted like a shambles at Martinmas. Why should ye mishandle yourselves thus?" ...
— The White Company • Arthur Conan Doyle



Words linked to "Mishandle" :   mess up, handle, fumble, bodge, bungle, miscarry, fluff, bollix, botch up, fuck up, go wrong, louse up, blow, deal, ball up, fail, bobble, flub, bollix up, botch, care, bollocks up



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