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Antonyms for misused

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

Definition of misused

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to use improperly;" see mis- (1) + use (v.). Meaning "to subject to ill-treatment" is attested from 1530s. Related: Misused; misusing.
  • verb abuse; apply wrongly
Example sentences :
  • The bread was genuine homemade, a term so often misused in the cities.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Plotinus is a mystic, then, though not at all in the sense in which the term is often misused.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • The physicians do not like to touch a tool which has been misused so badly.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • In speaking and in writing of stage matters, these words are often misused.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • The sense in which it is misused is that of immodest, indecent.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • The child singing-voice is not rough and harsh unless it is misused.
  • Extract from : « The Child-Voice in Singing » by Francis E. Howard
  • Do you see how he has misused me; has fettered me to the sick-bed?
  • Extract from : « The Home » by Fredrika Bremer
  • Such a lot of college men seem to have misused their advantages.
  • Extract from : « Cabbages and Kings » by O. Henry
  • If misused the fault lies with the disciple, not with Nature.
  • Extract from : « Vegetable Teratology » by Maxwell T. Masters
  • Bessie Madigan could not be got to admit that she had ever misused a word.
  • Extract from : « The Madigans » by Miriam Michelson

Synonyms for misused

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