misusage

misusage
Synonyms and related words:
Irish bull, abuse, abuse of office, anacoluthon, antiphrasis, barbarism, befoulment, bull, catachresis, conversion, corrupt administration, corruption, debasement, defalcation, defilement, desecration, diversion, embezzlement, fluff, folk etymology, fouling, grammatical error, hypercorrection, hyperform, infelicity, maladministration, malaprop, malapropism, malfeasance, malpractice, malversation, marrowsky, misapplication, misappropriation, misconduct, misconstruction, misemployment, misfeasance, mishandling, mismanagement, mispronunciation, missaying, misuse, peculation, perversion, pilfering, pollution, poor stewardship, profanation, prostitution, solecism, spoonerism, ungrammaticism, violation

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  • Misusage — Mis*us age (m[i^]s*[=u]z [asl]j), n. [Cf. F. m[ e]susage.] Bad treatment; abuse. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • misusage — I noun abuse, bad treatment, corruption, debasement, defilement, degradation, desecration, distortion, diversion, exploitation, force, ill treatment, ill usage, improper usage, improper use, impropriety, maladministration, malapropism,… …   Law dictionary

  • misusage — [mis yo͞o′sij, mis′yo͞o΄sij] n. 1. incorrect usage; misapplication, as of words 2. bad or harsh treatment …   English World dictionary

  • misusage — noun Date: 1555 1. bad treatment ; abuse 2. wrong or improper use (as of words) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • misusage — /mis yooh sij, zij/, n. 1. wrong or improper usage, as of words. 2. bad or abusive treatment. [1525 35; MIS 1 + USAGE] * * * …   Universalium

  • misusage — noun a) Improper usage (especially of words) b) Abuse …   Wiktionary

  • misusage — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. malapropism, mispronunciation, spoonerism, cacology, antiphrasis, solecism, catachresis, ungrammaticalness, barbarism, improper use of words; see also error 1 , mistake 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Physically harmful… …   English dictionary for students

  • misusage — mɪs juːsɪdÊ’ n. improper use, evil use; abusive treatment …   English contemporary dictionary

  • misusage — noun archaic unjust treatment …   English new terms dictionary

  • misusage — n 1. misapplication, misemployment, misappropriation, misuse; impropriety, malapropism, solecism, catachresis, corruption, barbarism, bad grammar. 2. abuse, ill use, ill usage, mishandling, mistreatment, maltreatment, ill treatment; manhandling,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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