From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmishandlemis‧han‧dle /ˌmɪsˈhændl/ verb [transitive] 1 DEAL WITHto deal with a situation badly, because of a lack of skill or care The prime minister admitted that the crisis had been mishandled.2 DAMAGEto treat something roughly, often causing damage Some of the goods had been mishandled and damaged.→ See Verb table
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mishandle• Health-care reform, his first hope, was woefully mishandled.• Yet experience shows that such people are frequently both overlooked and mishandled.• mishandled baggage• Among the haunting similarities: criticism directed at homicide investigators for mishandling evidence.• For this reason, frozen fish products mishandled in transit or during storage will be less than the stated grade quality.• He was arrested on suspicion of mishandling public funds. 