Synonyms for misuse


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : noun mis-yoos; verb mis-yooz
Phonetic Transcription : noun mɪsˈyus; verb mɪsˈyuz

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Définition of misuse

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to use improperly;" see mis- (1) + use (v.). Meaning "to subject to ill-treatment" is attested from 1530s. Related: Misused; misusing.
  • noun abuse; wrong application
  • verb abuse; apply wrongly
Example sentences :
  • Of little worth as life is when we misuse it, it is worth that effort.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • We found they knew, alas, too much about the misuse of everything growing in the field!
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • They were provided thee; all that thou hast created is misuse!
  • Extract from : « The Golden Fountain » by Lilian Staveley
  • In fine, we owe the success of this trick to the misuse of fine emotions.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
  • And the only way of learning how to use properly a thing is through its misuse.
  • Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
  • He did not connect the fear at all with his misuse of cocaine.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • The Britons use or misuse this word in a manner peculiar to themselves.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • We may misuse it, but we can scarce do worse in this respect than our whilom masters.
  • Extract from : « The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue » by Various
  • The most of us make ourselves miserable by a misuse of the world.
  • Extract from : « Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women » by George Sumner Weaver
  • And of our misuse of the Rockefellers and Carnegies--the retrospect is appalling.
  • Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann

Antonyms for misuse

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