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Mishandle (Verb)

Manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged".

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

She mishandled the situation and made things worse by accusing the innocent employee.
If you mishandle the equipment it may break or become damaged beyond repair.
The manager mishandled the company's finances, causing them to lose millions of dollars.
He mishandled the crisis by waiting too long to respond to the emergency.
The government mishandled the disaster relief efforts, leading to delays and shortages.

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement".

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

The inexperienced employee was likely to mishandle the delicate situation and create more problems.
The careless handling of evidence may mishandle crucial data in the ongoing investigation.
She was worried that he would mishandle the situation and end up hurting someone's feelings.
Her efforts to mediate the dispute between the two groups had failed, and some believed she had deliberately chosen to mishandle it.
Years of neglect had left the once-pristine park, and the latest attempts to renovate it only seemed to mishandle what little beauty remained.