Mishandle: alternatives and connections

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expect…

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To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

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The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.

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To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.

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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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A botch; a patch.

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A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.

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The bittern.

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To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

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Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.

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To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.

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Wrong conduct; bad behavior; mismanagement.

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To manage ill or improperly; as, to mismanage public affairs.

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A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.

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To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

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