misuse

misuse
Synonyms and related words:
abuse, active use, adulterate, adulteration, alloy, appliance, application, barbarism, befoul, befouling, bias, bleed, bleed white, canker, catachresis, cheapen, clerical error, coarsen, color, confound, consumption, contaminate, contamination, convert, corrigendum, corrupt, corruption, debase, debauch, defalcate, defile, defilement, deflower, degenerate, degrade, denature, deprave, desecrate, despoil, devalue, distort, diversion, divert, diverting, do amiss, drain, embezzle, employ, employment, envenoming, erratum, error, exercise, exertion, exploit, failure, false coloring, fault, faute, festering, foul, fouling, garble, good use, hard usage, hard use, human error, ill use, ill-treat, ill-use, impose upon, infect, infection, infelicity, make use of, maladminister, malapropism, maltreat, manipulate, milk, misapplication, misapply, misapprehension, misappropriate, misappropriation, miscalculation, miscall, miscarriage, miscite, misconception, misconduct, misconstruction, misconstrue, miscount, misdeal, misdirect, misdirection, misemploy, misemployment, misfield, mishandle, misidentification, misinterpret, misinterpretation, misjudgment, mismanage, misplay, misprint, misquotation, misquote, misread, misrender, misreport, misrepresent, misrepresentation, miss, misspell, misstatement, mistake, mistreat, mistreatment, misunderstanding, misusage, outrage, peculate, perversion, pervert, pilfer, play on, poison, poisoning, pollute, pollution, presume upon, profane, prostitute, prostitution, ravage, ravish, rough usage, slant, slanting, solecism, strain, straining, stroke, suck dry, suppuration, taint, take advantage of, torture, torturing, twist, typo, typographical error, ulcerate, usage, use, use ill, using up, varnish, violate, vitiate, vitiation, vulgarize, warp, work on, work upon, wrong use

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  • misuse — mis‧use [ˌmɪsˈjuːs] noun [countable, uncountable] LAW the dishonest or wrong use of something: • a misuse of public funds misuse [mɪsˈjuːz] verb [transitive] : • A Florida businessman was arrested for misusing company funds. * * * …   Financial and business terms

  • misuse — I noun abuse, degradation, erroneous use, ill treatment, ill usage, ill use, improper usage, improper use, incorrect usage, incorrect use, maladministration, malpractice, maltreatment, misapplication, misappropriation, misemployment, mishandling …   Law dictionary

  • Misuse — Mis*use (m[i^]s*[=u]s ), n. 1. Wrong use; misapplication; erroneous or improper use. [1913 Webster] Words little suspected for any such misuse. Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. Violence, or its effects. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Misuse — Mis*use (m[i^]s*[=u]z ), v. t. [F. m[ e]suser. See {Mis }, prefix from French, and {Use}.] 1. To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one s talents. South. [1913 Webster] The sweet poison of misused wine.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • misuse — [n] abuse; wrong application abusage, barbarism, catachresis, corruption, cruel treatment, desecration, dissipation, exploitation, harm, ill treatment, injury, malapropism, maltreatment, misapplication, misemployment, mistreatment, misusage,… …   New thesaurus

  • misuse — vb *abuse, mistreat, maltreat, ill treat, outrage Analogous words: hurt, *injure, harm, damage, impair, mar, spoil: pervert, *debase, corrupt Antonyms: respect Contrasted words: esteem, regard (see under REGARD n): cherish, treasure, prize,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • misuse — ► VERB 1) use wrongly. 2) treat badly or unfairly. ► NOUN ▪ the action of misusing something …   English terms dictionary

  • misuse — [mis yo͞oz′; ] for n. [, mis yo͞os′, mis′yo͞os΄] vt. misused, misusing 1. to use incorrectly or improperly; misapply 2. to treat badly or harshly; abuse n. 1. incorrect or improper use 2. Obs. bad or harsh treatment …   English World dictionary

  • misuse — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ alleged, possible ▪ deliberate ▪ gross, serious ▪ criminal (AmE) ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • Misuse — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Misuse >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 misuse misuse misusage misemployment misapplication misappropriation GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 abuse abuse profanation prostitution desecration Sgm: N 2 waste …   English dictionary for students

  • misuse — mis|use1 [ˌmısˈju:z] v [T] 1.) to use something for the wrong purpose, or in the wrong way, often with harmful results ▪ Even harmless drugs can be misused. ▪ The term schizophrenia is often misused. ▪ There is concern that the judges might… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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