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TAKE THE QUIZSynonyms of mishandling
as in mismanagement
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as in abusing
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
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as in manhandling
to abuse physically
adopted a sadly mishandled puppy from the pound
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as in mismanaging
to manage badly
we took over as soon as we realized that the fill-in had been mishandling the situation
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“Mishandling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mishandling. Accessed 23 Mar. 2023.
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