handle carelessly
Frequency: 7.86.1 per million words
to hold, touch, or deal with something without enough attention or care.
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- The movers handled the antique vase so carelessly that it broke.
- Gardening tools can be hazardous if carelessly handled.
- If you handle these chemicals carelessly, you could cause a serious accident.
- The antique vase was handled carelessly by the moving crew.
- The company has been criticized for handling customer data carelessly.
- If you handle these chemicals carelessly, you could get burned.
- Handling legal documents carelessly can lead to significant problems.
- The investigator warned that evidence should never be handled carelessly.
- I saw him carelessly handling the rare books without gloves.
- She handled the fragile documents so carelessly that one of them tore.
- He might handle the delicate negotiations carelessly if he's not properly briefed.
- Are you handling that expensive equipment carelessly on purpose?
- The evidence was handled so carelessly that it was deemed inadmissible in court.
- Accidents often happen when heavy machinery is handled carelessly.
- Stop handling my phone so carelessly; you're going to drop it!
- The package arrived damaged because it had been handled carelessly during shipping.
- People who handle their responsibilities carelessly rarely succeed in the long run.
- It is dangerous to handle sharp knives carelessly around children.
- By the time we arrived, the artifacts had already been handled carelessly by tourists.
- Small animals may bite if they are handled carelessly or roughly.