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| Main Entry: |
ball up
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | botch |
| Synonyms: | blunder, boggle, botch up, bungle, flub, foul up, fumble, make a muck of, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff |
| Main Entry: | louse up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | botch |
| Synonyms: | ball up, blow*, blunder, bobble, boggle, bollix, boot, bumble, bungle, butcher, distort, err, fall down, flounder, flub, foul up, fumble, goof up, gum up, make a muck of, mar, mend, mess up*, mess*, misapply, miscalculate, miscompute, misconjecture, misconstrue, mishandle, misjudge, mismanage, muck up, muddle, muff, mutilate, patch, pull a boner, ruin, screw up, spoil, stumble, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misapplication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abuse |
| Synonyms: | corruption, crime, debasement, delinquency, desecration, exploitation, fault, injustice, misappropriation, misconduct, misdeed, mishandling, mismanage, misuse, offense, perversion, prostitution, sin, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | misappropriation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abuse |
| Synonyms: | corruption, crime, debasement, delinquency, desecration, exploitation, fault, injustice, misapplication, misconduct, misdeed, mishandling, mismanage, misuse, offense, perversion, prostitution, sin, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | mishandling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abuse |
| Synonyms: | corruption, crime, debasement, delinquency, desecration, exploitation, fault, ill-treatment, injustice, maltreatment, misapplication, misappropriation, misconduct, misdeed, mismanage, mistreatment, misusage, misuse, offense, perversion, prostitution, sin, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | mistreatment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abuse |
| Synonyms: | corruption, crime, debasement, delinquency, desecration, exploitation, fault, ill-treatment, injustice, maltreatment, misapplication, misconduct, misdeed, mishandling, mismanage, misusage, misuse, offense, perversion, prostitution, sin, wrong, wrongdoing |
| Main Entry: | misusage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abuse |
| Synonyms: | corruption, crime, debasement, delinquency, desecration, exploitation, fault, ill-treatment, injustice, maltreatment, misapplication, misconduct, misdeed, mishandling, mismanage, mistreatment, misuse, offense, perversion, prostitution, sin, wrong, wrongdoing |
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