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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
mishandle
 
SYLLABICATION:mis·han·dle
PRONUNCIATION:  ms-hndl
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: mis·han·dled, mis·han·dling, mis·han·dles
1. To deal with clumsily or inefficiently; mismanage. 2. To treat roughly; maltreat.
 
 
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