misusage

  • 11misusage — n 1. misapplication, misemployment, misappropriation, misuse; impropriety, malapropism, solecism, catachresis, corruption, barbarism, bad grammar. 2. abuse, ill use, ill usage, mishandling, mistreatment, maltreatment, ill treatment; manhandling,… …

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  • 12misusage — mis·usage …

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  • 13misusage — mis•us•age [[t]mɪsˈyu sɪdʒ, zɪdʒ[/t]] n. 1) incorrect or improper usage, as of words 2) bad or abusive treatment • Etymology: 1525–35 …

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  • 14misusage — /mɪsˈjuzɪdʒ/ (say mis yoohzij), / sɪdʒ/ (say sij) noun 1. wrong or improper usage, as of words; abusage. 2. ill use; bad treatment …

  • 15misusage — n. 1 wrong or improper usage. 2 ill treatment …

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  • 16abuse — 1 /ə byüz/ vt abused, abus·ing 1: to put to a use other than the one intended: as a: to put to a bad or unfair use abusing the powers of office b: to put to improper or excessive use abuse narcotics …

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  • 17misappropriation — I noun abuse, appropriation for a dishonest use, appropriation for a wrongful use, arrogation, breach of trust, conversion, defalcation, defraudation, diversion, embezzlement, fraud, fraudulent conversion, illegal use of property, larceny,… …

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  • 18misuse — I noun abuse, degradation, erroneous use, ill treatment, ill usage, ill use, improper usage, improper use, incorrect usage, incorrect use, maladministration, malpractice, maltreatment, misapplication, misappropriation, misemployment, mishandling …

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  • 19misapplication — I noun abuse, corrupt use, dishonest application, dishonest use, distortion, errancy, error, extravagance, false construction, fraudulent application, idle expenditure, illegal application, improper use, impropriety, incorrect application,… …

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  • 20distortion — I noun anamorphosis, camouflage, caricature, contortion, convolution, deception, deformation, deformity, disguise, disparity, disproportion, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distortio, embroidery, enlargement, exaggeration, expansion,… …

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