mishandling

Speech parts

1. mishandling - Noun

2. mishandling - Verb

Meaning

mishandling

present participle of mishandle

mishandling (countable and uncountable, plural mishandlings)

Incorrect handling; mismanagement.

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Examples

Owing to the neglect of our defences and the mishandling of the German problem in the last five years, we seem to be very near the bleak choice between War and Shame. My feel­ing is that we shall choose Shame, and then have War thrown in a lit­tle later on even more adverse terms than at present. Winston Churchill

Medicine, which I wouldn't be without, has also been a force for... less good. For example, if you look at our mishandling of the immune system, using antibiotics in children and avoiding infection, we've certainly increased the risk of asthma. Robert Winston

If there's a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified information, after the Clinton debacle ... there'll be riots in the streets. Lindsey Graham

Alleged German cover-up An article in 2012 in a front-page story of the German news magazine Der Spiegel reported that much of the information pertaining to the mishandling of the massacre was covered up by the German authorities. Source: Internet

Around the world, authoritarian leaders are exploiting, exacerbating or grossly mishandling the response to the pandemic, placing selfish interest ahead of public good. Source: Internet

Basir stars in the film from director Charles Jones as Monica McCoy, a helpless romantic unknowingly cursed with relationship problems passed down from her father’s bad luck of mishandling women. Source: Internet

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