Sekirov Dictionary

misuse

/mɪsˈjuːz/

verb 4
/mɪsˈjuːs/ noun 1
forms 6

verb4

To use (something) incorrectly.
To abuse or mistreat (something or someone).
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(euphemistic) To rape (a woman); later more generally, to sexually abuse (someone).
- “If that is true she would be the first case I have ever heard of, as most female captives are misused by the entire tribe.” — 2013
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(no longer used) To abuse verbally, to insult.
- Socrates was brought upon the stage by Aristophanes, and misused to his face: but he laughed, as if it concerned him not […]. — 1624

misuse

/mɪsˈjuːs/

noun1

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An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
- The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold. — 2012

forms

misused · misust · misusing · misuses · misuseth · misusest

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