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Definition of Mishandled
1. mishandle [v] - See also: mishandle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mishandled
Literary usage of Mishandled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1885)
"But the virtue has been mishandled, also, by the sincere ; by the sincere, ...
Evidently, again, it has been mishandled by many of the so-called saints, ..."
2. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"The mob threatened and mishandled Germans in the streets, in the railway stations
and in the trains, and the authorities permitted it. ..."
3. The New York Times Current History of the European War (1915)
"Instead of referring feelings of national antipathy and of national conflicting
interests to the decision of the battlefield, the French mishandled in the ..."
4. Penology in the United States by Louis Newton Robinson (1922)
"However, it should never be forgotten that when these delicate instruments are
mishandled neither good nor harm results, save that the offender is let loose ..."
5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1900)
"See how they have mishandled ... so mishandled ? " " But the Seigneur is within,
and " " Aye, he is within, and so I am here. Hold back ye, rather. ..."
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