definition of
[mishandle]

[1] #1 mishandle v. [botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up] make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement". wn

[2] #2 mishandle v. [mismanage, misconduct] manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged". wn