See mishandle on Wiktionary
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"text": "The obvious advantages of this method of new motor vehicle delivery over long distances,, which the L.M.R. says dealers and ultimate customers are beginning to appreciate, are all-weather reliability, arrival in mint condition and with only a very small mileage \"on the clock\", and the assurance that the car has not been mishandled during its running-in period; […].",
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"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian Bokmål lemmas",
"Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German",
"Norwegian Bokmål verbs",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to maltreat or mistreat"
],
"links": [
[
"maltreat",
"maltreat"
],
[
"mistreat",
"mistreat"
]
]
}
],
"word": "mishandle"
}
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