transcription, транскрипция: [ mɪshænd(ə)l ]
( mishandles, mishandling, mishandled)
If you say that someone has mishandled something, you are critical of them because you think they have dealt with it badly.
The judge said the police had mishandled the siege.
= mismanage
VERB : V n [ disapproval ]
• mis‧han‧dling
...the Government’s mishandling of the economy.
N-UNCOUNT : usu poss N of n