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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
mishandle .
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Examples
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No on should be an apologist for someone who so aggressively mishandles and dismisses the basic requirements for his job.
McGinn Says He’ll Veto Tunnel Agreement; Council President Says Mayor is “Grandstanding” « PubliCola 2010
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Nonetheless, however badly he mishandles foreign relations, Mr. Obama will be in charge of them for another 38 months.
Stromata Blog: 2009
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Nonetheless, however badly he mishandles foreign relations, Mr. Obama will be in charge of them for another 38 months.
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Nonetheless, however badly he mishandles foreign relations, Mr. Obama will be in charge of them for another 38 months.
War on Terror 2010
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"If the government mishandles this, it will unite the whole of the public sector at a time when salaries are being frozen, tens of thousands of people expect to lose their jobs and people are seeing other diminutions in their standard of living," he said.
U.K. Public Sector Report Recommends Pension Changes Ainsley Thomson 2010
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The risk, says analyst Jonathan Chaplin of Credit Suisse, is that Sprint mishandles the network upgrade even as is it burdens it with new iPhone subscribers.
Sprint Could Yet Strike Out With iPhone Rolfe Winkler 2011
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It's a lucky break after that for the Pats, as Welker mishandles the punt but the ball bounces off his pads and out of bounds at the New England 10.
Baltimore Ravens 20 New England Patriots 23 - as it happened | Paolo Bandini 2012
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But the fragile confidence could easily be shattered if the government mishandles Fannie and Freddie, oil prices fluctuate, or the unexpected occurs.
At National Realty Club Lunch, Cautious Pessimism About 2010 2010
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Unfortunately it also mishandles a lot of that confidential data, but at least that's presumably by accident.
Bob Franken: Is Jim DeMint Right in More Ways Than One? 2010
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I think he mishandles situations with players (see Favre, Peterson, Matt Birk, Dwight Smith to name a few).
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