See mishandle on Wiktionary
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"damage"
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"(transitive) To manipulate something roughly, causing physical damage."
],
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"text": "The prime minister was accused of mishandling the diplomatic crisis.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1962 November 25, “Talking of Trains: The one-day strike”, in Modern Railways, page 291:",
"text": "Naturally, the wisdom of striking to remedy grievances was questioned; but there were few dissentients from the view that the Government and B.T.C. are mishandling the human relations involved.",
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{
"ref": "2009 August 22, Nicholas Kristof, “Food for the Soul”, in The New York Times:",
"text": "On a summer visit back to the farm here where I grew up, I think I figured out the central problem with modern industrial agriculture. It’s not just that it produces unhealthy food, mishandles waste and overuses antibiotics in ways that harm us all.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2023 July 18, Charlie Savage, “Trump Documents Hearing Could Set Off Lengthy Fight Over Classified Evidence”, in The New York Times:",
"text": "Mr. Trump faces 31 counts of violating the Espionage Act, which makes it a crime to mishandle national security secrets.",
"type": "quote"
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"To deal with a situation incorrectly or ineffectively; to make a mistake in handling a situation."
],
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"deal",
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[
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"(transitive) To deal with a situation incorrectly or ineffectively; to make a mistake in handling a situation."
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"ipa": "/mɪsˈhændəl/"
}
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"sense": "manipulate roughly",
"word": "misuse"
},
{
"sense": "manipulate roughly",
"word": "abuse"
},
{
"sense": "manipulate roughly",
"word": "handle roughly"
},
{
"sense": "manipulate roughly",
"word": "handle incorrectly"
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{
"sense": "handle a situation incorrectly",
"word": "mismanage"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "maltretirane",
"sense": "manipulate roughly",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "малтретиране"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "manipulate roughly",
"word": "malmenar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "manipulate roughly",
"word": "käsitellä kovakouraisesti"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Mandarin",
"roman": "nüèdài",
"sense": "manipulate roughly",
"word": "虐待"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "manipulate roughly",
"word": "haukeke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "manipulate roughly",
"word": "raukoti"
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"sense": "deal with incorrectly",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "deal with incorrectly",
"word": "处理不当"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "deal with incorrectly",
"word": "hoitaa huonosti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "deal with incorrectly",
"word": "tunaroida"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "deal with incorrectly",
"word": "raukoti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "deal with incorrectly",
"word": "llevar mal"
}
],
"word": "mishandle"
}
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{
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"2": "mishandelen",
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{
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"t": "to mistreat"
},
"expansion": "German misshandeln (“to mistreat”)",
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}
],
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]
}
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"Rough manipulation which causes physical damage."
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"deal",
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[
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"bad"
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[
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[
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[
"abuse",
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"countable",
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}
],
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}
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"word": "mishandling"
}
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},
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"name": "der"
}
],
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"form": "mishandl",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "mishandle",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
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{
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"form": "mishandla",
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{
"form": "mishandla",
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"past"
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"past"
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"past"
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"10": "mishandla",
"11": "or",
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"4": "mishandl",
"5": "or",
"6": "mishandle",
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"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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"Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
"Norwegian Bokmål lemmas",
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"to maltreat or mistreat"
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}
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}
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