mishandle

• mishandle

mishandle

Verb

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"

Synonyms:

• botch
• bodge
• bumble
• fumble
• botch up
• muff
• blow
• flub
• screw up
• ball up
• spoil
• muck up
• bungle
• fluff
• bollix
• bollix up
• bollocks
• bollocks up
• bobble
• mishandle
• louse up
• foul up
• mess up
• fuck up

Verb

manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"

Synonyms:

• mismanage
• mishandle
• misconduct