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misuse

[ noun mis-yoos; verb mis-yooz ]

noun

  1. wrong or improper use; misapplication.

    Synonyms: misappropriation, misemployment

  2. Obsolete. bad or abusive treatment.


verb (used with object)

, mis·used, mis·us·ing.
  1. to use wrongly or improperly; misapply.
  2. to treat badly or abusively; maltreat.

misuse

noun

  1. erroneous, improper, or unorthodox use

    misuse of words

  2. cruel or inhumane treatment


verb

  1. to use wrongly
  2. to treat badly or harshly
  3. to use (something, esp alcohol, drugs, etc) improperly

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Word History and Origins

Origin of misuse1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; mis- 1, use

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Example Sentences

Danczuk and fellow Labour MP Tom Watson have been demanding action to shine a light on allegations of the misuse of power.

In other words, make fireworks less available for home misuse and develop an ever tougher crackdown on drunk drivers.

The misuse of conscience exemptions is threatening our hard-won plurality.

Zohydro is especially worrying because it contains no mechanism to deter misuse by snorting or injecting.

The misuse of Sandy funds is not only morally indefensible but potentially criminal.

Then you are a very bad trustee, thus to misuse the foot-way, and interrupt passengers.

Even waste and misuse are regulated by education and experience where there is even a modicum of intelligence.

Aristotle and Plato laboured under a continual embarrassment from this misuse of terms.

Misuse of a neural power machine, for one—and the domination and enslavement of a less advanced intelligent culture for another.

Since the Government has taken full charge of its forest domain, this misuse has stopped.

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