10 example sentences using mishandle.
Mishandle used in a sentence
Mishandle in a sentence as a verb
These things will blind you and take limbs off if you mishandle them.
Apache cannot possibly mishandle the project more than Sun/Oracle were.
It certainly seems stupid to mishandle someone with multiple paid accounts.
Allowing bad management to mishandle employees is an abuse of that power.
If you mishandle classified material you may be reprimanded, have your clearance revoked, be fined, or go to jail for a very long time.
If the 150 TB's slowed down local law enforcement enough to make them mishandle the warrant, any bets on how many petabytes he'll have waiting for them next time?
This is a pretty typical punishment for enlisted personnel who divulge or mishandle non-critical classified material and probably won't end their careers.
>but if this guy based a freedom of information request on information that he only knew about due to his access to classified information, then he did in fact mishandle classified information.
> the ability for users who need it to pay a premium for fast or reliable service, a la first class mailSo in that analogy, did the postal service also begin to mishandle regular mail that was being sent to certain specific apartments and office suites, in order to force people to buy first-class?
I dislike many of the recent revelations about the intelligence community's activities, but if this guy based a freedom of information request on information that he only knew about due to his access to classified information, then he did in fact mishandle classified information.
Mishandle definitions
make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
See also: botch bodge bumble fumble muff blow flub spoil bungle fluff bollix bollocks
manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"
See also: mismanage misconduct