"mismangle" meaning in English

See mismangle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: mismangles [present, singular, third-person], mismangling [participle, present], mismangled [participle, past], mismangled [past]
Etymology: From mis- + mangle. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|mangle}} mis- + mangle Head templates: {{en-verb}} mismangle (third-person singular simple present mismangles, present participle mismangling, simple past and past participle mismangled)
  1. To mangle in a destructive way; to disfigure or rearrange with bad results.

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2001, A. R. Ammons, “Emplacement”, in Collected Poems, 1951-1971:",
          "text": "for I perceive the great work to be done is too often mismangled in committee, so lacks all identity, all measuring out into salient, songster-mongered cherishing:",
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        {
          "ref": "2017, James MacManus, Midnight in Berlin:",
          "text": "\"Well, I enjoyed myself,\" said his wife, \"but I think, how do you say it in English? I mismangled your husband a little.” “Yes, he did look a bit mismangled,” said Primrose. “What have you done with him?”",
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        },
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