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as in abused
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon
having been shuffled from foster home to foster home, the orphaned girl felt she had been mishandled by an uncaring society
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as in attacked
to abuse physically
adopted a sadly mishandled puppy from the pound
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as in mismanaged
to manage badly
we took over as soon as we realized that the fill-in had been mishandling the situation
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Recent Examples of mishandled
Amos’ daughter also claimed that her brother had impersonated their dad in communications, disregarded his medical needs, mishandled his finances and exploited and eroded his legacy.
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Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
The actor was cleared of involuntary manslaughter in August after a court ruled that key evidence was mishandled.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
The actor was cleared of involuntary manslaughter in August after a court ruled that key evidence was mishandled.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mishandled
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Bozanich, who did not believe that José Menendez abused the brothers, said that even if their account is accepted as true, they were still convicted of gunning down their parents in cold blood.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
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The dismissals by the social media giant targeted those who had consistently abused the system over an extended period.Jack Kelly, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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While on the ground, Evans is shot twice more with bean bag rounds and attacked twice by a police dog as Evans screams.Christian Martinez, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Roving gangs on scooters attacked and beat Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, the Dutch capital, overnight in an outburst of what authorities called antisemitic violence.Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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The defendant had told police that Connor was bullied and had threatened to take his life.Landon Mion, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2024
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In yet another incident, crowds of angry drivers gather outside an apartment complex, demanding justice for a fellow delivery driver said to be bullied by security guards there.Chris Lau, CNN, 17 Oct. 2024
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The distribution of Pandas in a Pennsylvania public school district led to a 2005 district court decision that determined the school board had violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.Samantha Riedel, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
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And can anyone even count at this point how many times characters on this show have violated HIPAA?Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 4 Oct. 2024
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In 2019, Paulino and his cousin were ambushed by a group of the loggers who killed Paulino and wounded his cousin.Jamie Lang, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024
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Since last week’s atrocity, imagery of which was widely shared on social media, the Ukrainian 82nd and 95th Air Assault Brigades, respectively holding positions southeast and southwest of the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade’s own positions in Kursk Oblast, have ambushed Russian marines.David Axe, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Mishandled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mishandled. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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