mishandledadj.
/ˌmɪsˈhandld/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈhænd(ə)ld/ Badly managed; ill-treated.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > [adjective]
misdighta1225
worried1559
ill-used1609
mishandleda1617
well-abused1648
spited1705
mistreated1799
misused1823
abused1826
maltreated1829
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [adjective] > treated thus
misusedc1480
mishandleda1617
mistreated1799
maltreated1829
society > authority > control > [adjective] > relating to management or administration > managed > badly
mishandleda1617
misgoverned1757
a1617 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1827) 370 Charging us to tak cair of his mishandled estait.
1896 A. Whyte Bible Char. 178 Poor mishandled Esau could not say that.
1908 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Sept. 308/2 From the time of the Angevins to the Risorgimento it was a poor and mishandled province of the Kingdom of Naples, on which even the Renaissance left no mark.
1986 New Yorker 26 May 23/3 The Sage of Saddle River had this to say when he was asked about Watergate: ‘It was a very mishandled thing.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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