Usually means: Manage or deal with incorrectly.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word mishandle:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. mishandle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mishandle: Merriam-Webster
  3. mishandle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mishandle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. mishandle: Collins English Dictionary
  6. mishandle: Vocabulary.com
  7. mishandle: Wordnik
  8. mishandle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. mishandle: Wiktionary
  10. mishandle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. mishandle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. mishandle: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Mishandle, mishandle: Dictionary.com
  14. mishandle: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Mishandle: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. mishandle: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. mishandle: Rhymezone
  18. mishandle: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. mishandle: FreeDictionary.org
  20. mishandle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. mishandle: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mishandle: Encyclopedia

(Note: See mishandled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To manipulate something roughly, causing physical damage.
verb:  (transitive) To deal with a situation incorrectly or ineffectively; to make a mistake in handling a situation.
noun:  Rough manipulation which causes physical damage.
noun:  Ineffective or incorrect deal.
noun:  Improper, wrong, or bad usage or treatment; abuse.

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