as in abuse
incorrect or improper use
the warranty for this dryer is null and void if you subject the product to deliberate misuse
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as in to abuse
to put to a bad or improper use
an actor who misused his considerable talent by appearing in too many lousy movies
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as in to bully
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon
sadly misused by the people he had trusted
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Recent Examples of misuse
Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
But low-level charges such as Brown’s 911 misuse remained in magistrates’ hands.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2025
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The loose age restriction is raising some concerns—namely that the messaging feature could be misused either by teenagers who send inappropriate content to each other, or by predatory users who want access to underage individuals.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 28 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Brown was charged with misuse of 911, a class 1 misdemeanor.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
But low-level charges such as Brown’s 911 misuse remained in magistrates’ hands.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
Sensitive information could be stored, analyzed, or misused without families fully knowing.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The loose age restriction is raising some concerns—namely that the messaging feature could be misused either by teenagers who send inappropriate content to each other, or by predatory users who want access to underage individuals.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misuse
abuse
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The agents had been following leads from an anti-trafficking organization, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, that in 2015 had uncovered the abuses of harvesters at an onion farm near Vidalia.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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California officials are trying to kill the fossil fuel industry in the state while simultaneously seeking a buyer for Valero Energy’s Benicia refinery near San Francisco, which is scheduled to close in April because the company no longer wants to deal with the abuse from Sacramento.—
Kerry Jackson,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Misuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misuse. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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