- present participle of mishandle.
mishandling
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Numerous whistleblowers have come forward in the past two years to say the agency was mishandling its private data.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
The BBC understands the former employees were not let go for raising safety concerns but for allegedly mishandling sensitive information.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said Thursday that it has fired three researchers for allegedly mishandling "sensitive information" and violating company policies, including work that involved an external organization that evaluates artificial intelligence models.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Medtronic faces several proposed class-action lawsuits over the breach, alleging mishandling of health information and poor cybersecurity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Jones was a large man and strong enough to shake off his attackers, but he did not respond to his mishandling with force of his own.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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