Usually means: Improper or incorrect use, management.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. mishandling: Merriam-Webster
  2. mishandling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. mishandling: Vocabulary.com
  4. Mishandling, mishandling: Wordnik
  5. mishandling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. mishandling: Wiktionary
  7. mishandling: Dictionary.com
  8. mishandling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. mishandling: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mishandling: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  Incorrect handling; mismanagement.

Similar:
mismanage, misconduct, bollix, blunder, botch up, foul up, mess up, bungle, botch, flub, more...

Opposite:
proper handling, correct handling

Types:
accidental, negligent, malicious, reckless, intentional, more...

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Similar:
mismanage, misconduct, bollix, blunder, botch up, foul up, mess up, bungle, botch, flub, more...

Opposite:
proper handling, correct handling

Types:
accidental, negligent, malicious, reckless, intentional, more...



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