Verb: mishandle mis'han-d(u)l
- Badly mishandle or ruin something
"I mishandled the dinner and we had to eat out";
- botch, bodge [Brit, informal], bumble, fumble, botch up [informal], muff [informal], blow [informal], flub [N. Amer, informal], screw up [informal], spoil, muck up [informal], bungle, fluff [informal], bobble [N. Amer], louse up [informal], foul up [informal], mess up, butcher, balls up [informal], cock up [Brit, informal], goof up [informal], make a hash of [informal]
- Manage badly or incompetently
"The funds were mishandled";
- mismanage, misconduct
Derived forms: mishandled, mishandling, mishandles
Type of: care, deal, fail, go wrong, handle, manage, miscarry