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utalize, maul, molest, injure, hurt, harm, handle or treat
roughly, manhandle, Colloq knock about or around: The poor
child was mishandled by her parents. 2 mismanage, bungle,
botch, misconduct, mangle, mess up, muddle, wreck, ruin,
destroy, Colloq muff, make a mess or hash of, Slang screw up,
bugger up, Taboo fuck up: Forster mishandled the deal so badly
that it cost the company millions.
mishap n. See misfortune, 2, above.
mishmash n. mess, medley, hash, gallimaufry, farrago, pot-pourri,
jumble, pastiche, mixture, salmagundi, hotchpotch or US and
Canadian hodgepodge, tangle, omnium gatherum, m‚lange, olio,
olla podrida, goulash, stew: His paper is nothing more than a
mishmash of other people's ideas.
misinform v. misguide, mislead, misadvise, misdirect, delude, deceive,
dupe, defraud, fool, gull, lead astray, throw someone off the
scent, Colloq con, slip or put something over on someone, pull a
fast one on, US give (someone) a bum steer, throw someone a
curve: If you think you have a right to compensation, you've
been misinformed.
misinformation
n. disinformation, misintelligence; red herring, false trail,
false scent: When we uncover an enemy agent in our midst, we
allow him to collect misinformation.
misinterpret
v. misunderstand, mistake, misconstrue, misconceive, misread,
misjudge, misapprehend, Slang screw up, bugger up: He
misinterpreted what I said and stepped off the ledge.
mislay v. misplace, lose, mislocate; misfile: I have mislaid my
reading spectacles.
mislead v. misinform, lead astray, misguide, misdirect, throw off the
scent or track, pull the wool over someone's eyes, fool, outwit,
bluff, hoodwink, trick, humbug, bamboozle, deceive, dupe, gull,
cozen, Colloq con, take in, lead up the garden path, flimflam,
slip or put or pass one over on, Slang take, US give someone a
bum steer: I was misled into believing that she loved only me.
He is misleading you if he says that the shares will soon