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

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