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Mishandle is an English word with synonyms like botch or fluff. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Mishandle in a sentence

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Mishandle | Mishandled

Mishandle meaning

  1. To manipulate something roughly, causing physical damage.
  2. To deal with a situation incorrectly or ineffectively; to make a mistake in handling a situation.

Synonyms of Mishandle

botch fluff bungle muck up spoil ball up screw up flub blow muff botch up fumble bumble bodge bollix

Related words

Other words often associated with Mishandle or its synonyms:

blooper blunder bloomer boner pratfall fuckup error mistake fault fail bump frippery

Using Mishandle

  • The main meaning on this page is: To manipulate something roughly, causing physical damage. | To deal with a situation incorrectly or ineffectively; to make a mistake in handling a situation.
  • Useful related words include: botch, fluff, bungle, muck up.
  • In the example corpus, mishandle often appears in combinations such as: to mishandle, mishandle the, and mishandle.

Context around Mishandle

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

somehow 1× lose 1×

Often after:

sensitive 1× fewer 1×

Sentence patterns with Mishandle

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

can somehow mishandle a conversation 1× continuing to mishandle the crisis 1× crime to mishandle a list 1× damage or mishandle fewer wheelchairs 1× include and mishandle such a 1× leak and mishandle sensitive classified 1× people who mishandle the stingrays 1× team to mishandle the puck 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

hypothetical story beats 1× so this fall 1× the ignorance and 1× what came out 1×

Common sentence endings:

an undesirable ending 1× community he said 1× into bio weapons 1× mishandle or break 1× mishandle the crisis 1× nonsensical in comparison 1×

Words around Mishandle

Just before it in the word index:

mishandeling 2 mishan 2 mishal 13 mishael 24 mishaal 2 misha 52

Just after it in the word index:

mishandled 83 mishandling 140 mishap 205 mishaps 132 mishara 2 mishawaka 13

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 14 aamer 14 aave 14 abadan 14 abdelmadjid 14 abdulkarim 14

Corpus analysis for Mishandle

  • In this selection, "mishandle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, somehow, lose, sensitive and fewer stand out and add context to how "mishandle" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include can somehow mishandle a conversation and continuing to mishandle the crisis. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "mishandle" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with mishandle

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The ignorance and stupidity of these people who mishandle the stingrays really irks me. (14 words)

However, it is possible for the controlling team to mishandle the puck into their own net. (16 words)

It'll be interesting to see if a player can somehow mishandle a conversation and end up with an undesirable ending. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

What came out of that was the Select Agents and Toxins Act, which basically made it a federal crime to mishandle a list of pathogens that are considered to be exceptionally dangerous or candidates for development into bio weapons. (39 words)

Hypothetical story beats such as those prove that John Connor didn’t have to die in Terminator: Dark Fate, which only makes the decision to include and mishandle such a scenario even more nonsensical in comparison. (36 words)

But there are also signs that the government, especially at the regional level in Hubei Province, the source of the outbreak, was slow to recognize the danger and is continuing to mishandle the crisis. (34 words)

Question examples

Or is it now the policy of the U.S. government that an FBI director can lie with impunity, leak and mishandle sensitive classified information? (25 words)

Example sentences (9)

Or is it now the policy of the U.S. government that an FBI director can lie with impunity, leak and mishandle sensitive classified information?

What came out of that was the Select Agents and Toxins Act, which basically made it a federal crime to mishandle a list of pathogens that are considered to be exceptionally dangerous or candidates for development into bio weapons.

They are not trying to damage wheelchairs, but we do need them to be more motivated to damage or mishandle fewer wheelchairs used by our community,” he said.

But there are also signs that the government, especially at the regional level in Hubei Province, the source of the outbreak, was slow to recognize the danger and is continuing to mishandle the crisis.

It'll be interesting to see if a player can somehow mishandle a conversation and end up with an undesirable ending.

Hypothetical story beats such as those prove that John Connor didn’t have to die in Terminator: Dark Fate, which only makes the decision to include and mishandle such a scenario even more nonsensical in comparison.

The ignorance and stupidity of these people who mishandle the stingrays really irks me.

So this fall, she got a law passed requiring airlines to report to the Department of Transportation how many wheelchairs or motorized scooters they lose, mishandle or break.

However, it is possible for the controlling team to mishandle the puck into their own net.

Common combinations with mishandle

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "mishandle" in a sentence?
An example: "Or is it now the policy of the U.S. government that an FBI director can lie with impunity, leak and mishandle sensitive classified information?" This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "mishandle" from authentic English texts.
What does "mishandle" mean?
Mishandle means: To manipulate something roughly, causing physical damage.
What are synonyms of "mishandle"?
Common synonyms of "mishandle" include: botch, fluff, bungle, muck up, spoil, ball up, screw up, flub. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "mishandle" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "mishandle", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.