mishandle

Verb
  1. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin (synset 202533317)
    "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
    is a type of: fail, go wrong, miscarry - be unsuccessful
    same as: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil
  2. Manage badly or incompetently (synset 202443726)
    "The funds were mismanaged"
    is a type of: care, deal, handle, manage - be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
    same as: misconduct, mismanage

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