MISHANDLE
Scrabble letter values: M3I1S1H4A1N1D2L1E1 = 15
Definition
- verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin. — synonyms: botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch_up, muff, blow, flub
- verb manage badly or incompetently. — synonyms: mismanage, misconduct
Examples
- “I botched the dinner and we had to eat out”
- “the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement”
- “The funds were mismanaged”