Word Meanings - MISUSEMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Misuse.

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• MISUSE
  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.
• MISUSER
  Unlawful use of a right; use in excess of, or varying from, one's right. Bouvier. (more info) 1. One who misuses. "Wretched misusers of language." Coleridge.
• MISUSEMENT
  Misuse.