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Misuse

Misuse Meaning & Definition
Misuse Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Misuse?

[n] improper or excessive use
[v] change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"
[v] apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly; "The words are misapplied in this context"; "You are misapplying the name of this religious group"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Misuse: abuse | abuse | misapply | pervert

Related Terms | Find terms related to Misuse: 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

See Also | apply | drug abuse | employ | employment | exercise | expend | fracture | habit | substance abuse | take in vain | usage | use | use | use | utilisation | utilise | utilization | utilize

Misuse In Webster's Dictionary

\Mis*use"\, 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. The sweet poison of misused wine. --Milton. 2. To abuse; to treat ill. O, she misused me past the endurance of a block. --Shak. Syn: To maltreat; abuse; misemploy; misapply.
\Mis*use"\, n. 1. Wrong use; misapplication; erroneous or improper use. Words little suspected for any such misuse. --Locke. 2. Violence, or its effects. [Obs.] --Shak.

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