Meaning

3 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)Rough manipulation which causes physical damage.

  2. (countable, uncountable)Ineffective or incorrect deal.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Improper, wrong, or bad usage or treatment; abuse.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Be careful not to drop or mishandle your tortoise.

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  2. Be cautious with glass containers, as they can break if mishandled in the fridge.

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  3. Tom mishandles his money.

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  4. You're twisting my words around, you're making it sound like I mishandled the situation, which cannot be further from the truth.

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Origin

From Middle English mishandlen, equivalent to mis- + handle. Cognate with Saterland Frisia

From Middle English mishandlen, equivalent to mis- + handle. Cognate with Saterland Frisian mishondelje, West Frisian mishandelje, Dutch mishandelen (“to mistreat”), German misshandeln (“to mistreat”).

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Forms

plural: mishandles
Singularmishandle
Pluralmishandles

regular

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
misfortuneB2misgendermisgivingmisguidemishapmishearmishmash
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