"mismanipulate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: mismanipulates [present, singular, third-person], mismanipulating [participle, present], mismanipulated [participle, past], mismanipulated [past]
Etymology: From mis- + manipulate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|manipulate}} mis- + manipulate Head templates: {{en-verb}} mismanipulate (third-person singular simple present mismanipulates, present participle mismanipulating, simple past and past participle mismanipulated)
  1. To manipulate badly; to operate in a way that does not achieve the intended result.

Inflected forms

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