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- [mis-han-dl]
- /mɪsˈhæn dl/
- /ˌmɪsˈhæn.dəl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mis-han-dl]
- /mɪsˈhæn dl/
Definitions of mishandle word
- verb with object mishandle to handle badly; maltreat: to mishandle a dog. 1
- verb with object mishandle to manage badly: to mishandle an estate. 1
- verb with object mishandle to lose or misplace: to mishandle baggage. 1
- noun mishandle Manage or deal with (something) wrongly or ineffectively. 1
- transitive verb mishandle manage badly 1
- transitive verb mishandle treat badly 1
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Origin of mishandle
First appearance:
before 1490 One of the 26% oldest English words
First recorded in 1490-1500; mis-1 + handle
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Parts of speech for Mishandle
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mishandle popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
mishandle usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mishandle
verb mishandle
- botch — If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily.
- flub — a blunder.
- muff — sheet glass made from a blown cylinder (muff) that is split and flattened.
- fumble — to feel or grope about clumsily: She fumbled in her purse for the keys.
- mistreat — to treat badly or abusively.
Antonyms for mishandle
verb mishandle
- benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
- honor — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- respect — a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded by in): to differ in some respect.
- do well — be successful
- succeed — to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
verb with object mishandle
- handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
See also
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