Word: mishandles
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: mis
han
dles
Definition: Third-person singular of mishandle; manage badly or incompetently
Morphemes:
Affix: mis-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad or wrong; badly or wrongly
Affix: hand
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To manage.
Affix: -le
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A suffix forming agent nouns from verbs.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -es
Language: enm
Decoded: -es
Meaning: third person singular ending of verbs