mishandle

English Thesaurus

1. manage badly or incompetently (verb.social)

hypernym	:	care, deal, handle, manage,
definition	:	be in charge of, act on, or dispose of (verb.social)

2. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb.social)

hypernym	:	fail, go wrong, miscarry,
definition	:	be unsuccessful (verb.social)

3. manage badly or incompetently (verb.social)

derivation	:	misconduct,
definition	:	bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf (noun.act)

derivation	:	misdirection, mismanagement,
definition	:	management that is careless or inefficient (noun.act)

4. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb.social)

derivation	:	bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall,
definition	:	an embarrassing mistake (noun.act)

derivation	:	balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-up,
definition	:	something badly botched or muddled (noun.act)

derivation	:	fluff,
definition	:	a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) (noun.act)

derivation	:	screwup,
definition	:	the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation (noun.act)

derivation	:	spoil, spoilage, spoiling,
definition	:	the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it (noun.act)

derivation	:	blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler,
definition	:	someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence (noun.person)

5. manage badly or incompetently (verb.social)

derivation	:	misconduct,
definition	:	bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf (noun.act)

derivation	:	misdirection, mismanagement,
definition	:	management that is careless or inefficient (noun.act)

6. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb.social)

derivation	:	bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall,
definition	:	an embarrassing mistake (noun.act)

derivation	:	balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-up,
definition	:	something badly botched or muddled (noun.act)

derivation	:	fluff,
definition	:	a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) (noun.act)

derivation	:	screwup,
definition	:	the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation (noun.act)

derivation	:	spoil, spoilage, spoiling,
definition	:	the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it (noun.act)

derivation	:	blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler,
definition	:	someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence (noun.person)