 mishandle |
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| 1. | [ verb ] make a mess of, destroy or ruin | |
| Synonyms: | louse_up spoil fuck_up muck_up foul_up flub mess_up blunder ball_up bobble muff bumble blow fumble bollocks bollocks_up fluff bungle bollix bollix_up screw_up botch_up botch | |
| Examples: | "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out" "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" |
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| Related terms: | fail blurt_out blunder spoil bungler fluff ballup screwup | |
| 2. | [ verb ] manage badly or incompetently | |
| Synonyms: | mismanage misconduct | |
| Examples: | "The funds were mismanaged" |
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| Related terms: | manage misconduct | |
