mishandling



abuse, abuse of office, bad policy, conversion, corrupt administration, debasement, defalcation, defilement, desecration, diversion, embezzlement, fouling, inexpedience, inexpediency, maladministration,

   forward pass - bowl, cast, change of pace, change-up, chuck, chunk, curve, fling, flip, heave, hurl, knuckle ball, lateral, lateral pass, lob,

   meaningless - absurd, aimless, amorphous, asinine, blank, bootless, capricious, casual, desultory, disarticulated, discontinuous, disinclined to communicate, disjunct, disordered, dispersed,

   lender - banker, factor, loan shark, moneylender, mortgagee, pawnbroker ,

   twinge of conscience - better self, censor, compunction, conscience, grace, meticulousness, qualm, scruple, superego, throes ,

   bewilderingly - exceptionally, extraordinarily, incredibly, marvellously, miraculously, remarkably, wonderfully ,

   thermostat - detector, direction finder, glass, instrument, mercury, thermometer ,

   volleyball - ball, bingo, checkers, chess, game, sport ,

   traction - adduction, adhesion, advantage, affinity, allurement, attraction, attractiveness, capillarity, capillary attraction, centripetal force, draft, drag, draw, drawing, extraction,

   department store - boutique, chain store, co-op, concession, cooperative, country store, dime store, discount house, discount store, emporium, establishment, five-and-ten, general store, house, mail-order house,

   hefty - Herculean, adipose, annoying, arduous, awkward, backbreaking, beefy, besetting, big, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, bothersome, bouncing,