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Search "mishandle" in: mishandleOne entry found. Entry Word: mishandle Function: verb Meaning: 1 to inflict physical or emotional harm upon <having been shuffled from foster home to foster home, the orphaned girl felt she had been mishandled by an uncaring society> — see abuse 1 2 to abuse physically <adopted a sadly mishandled puppy from the pound> — see manhandle 1 3 to manage badly <we took over as soon as we realized that she had been mishandling the situation> — see mismanage
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