All mishandle synonyms

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.
• misuse — wrong or improper use; misapplication.
• bungle — If you bungle something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
• misdirect — to direct or address wrongly or incorrectly: to misdirect a person; to misdirect a letter.
• blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
• goof — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
• harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
• pervert — to affect with perversion.
• overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
• blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
• confound — If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
• abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
• misapply — to make a wrong application or use of.
• misconduct — improper conduct; wrong behavior.
• prostitute — a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; whore; harlot.
• misgovern — to govern or manage badly.
• foul up — something that is foul.
• mess up — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
• screw up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
• gum up — any of various viscid, amorphous exudations from plants, hardening on exposure to air and soluble in or forming a viscid mass with water.
• goof up — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
• maladminister — to administer or manage badly or inefficiently: The mayor was a bungler who maladministered the city budget.
• misemploy — to use for the wrong purpose; use wrongly or improperly; misuse.
• mismanage — Manage (something) badly or wrongly.
• make a hash of — a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautéed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
• bobble — A bobble is a small ball of material, usually made of wool, which is used for decorating clothes.
• err — Be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake.
• rough up — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
• knock about — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
• exploit — Make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource).
• ill-treat — to treat badly; maltreat; abuse.