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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mishandle.
  • noun Incorrect handling; mismanagement.

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Examples

  • Kashmir assembly on Monday (July 27) demanding that the National Conference-Congress government explain human rights violations by security forces in the state, and what it calls mishandling of investigations into the Shopian case.

    WN.com - Articles related to Omar Highlights Harnessing of Green Energy 2010

  • Kashmir assembly on Monday (July 27) demanding that the National Conference-Congress government explain human rights violations by security forces in the state, and what it calls mishandling of investigations into the Shopian case.

    WN.com - Articles related to Omar Highlights Harnessing of Green Energy 2010

  • Moi criticised what he termed mishandling of the food situation, saying farmers continued to suffer, even as the Government allowed a few people to import maize duty-free.

    The Standard | Headlines 2009

  • The elements of this type of horrific tragedy were described in an extensive investigative report series by the Center for Public Integrity CPI, exposing the persistent, long-term mishandling of sexual violence in higher education.

    Jonathan Kassa: Stand Up to Sexual Violence: SaVE Your Campus Jonathan Kassa 2010

  • The Washington state Department of Ecology has fined a central Washington hops extraction facility $30,000 for long-term mishandling of dangerous wastes.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • The Washington state Department of Ecology has fined a central Washington hops extraction facility $30,000 for long-term mishandling of dangerous wastes.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • The Washington state Department of Ecology has fined a central Washington hops extraction facility $30,000 for long-term mishandling of dangerous wastes.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • The Washington state Department of Ecology has fined a central Washington hops extraction facility $30,000 for long-term mishandling of dangerous wastes.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • The Washington state Department of Ecology has fined a central Washington hops extraction facility $30,000 for long-term mishandling of dangerous wastes.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • The Washington state Department of Ecology has fined a central Washington hops extraction facility $30,000 for long-term mishandling of dangerous wastes.

    The Seattle Times 2010

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