'Misuse' definitions:
Definition of 'misuse'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Misuse'
From: GCIDE
- Misuse \Mis*use"\ (m[i^]s*[=u]z"), v. t. [F. m['e]suser. See Mis-, prefix from French, and Use.]
- 1. To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents. --South. [1913 Webster]
- The sweet poison of misused wine. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To abuse; to treat ill. [1913 Webster]
- O, she misused me past the endurance of a block. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To maltreat; abuse; misemploy; misapply. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Misuse'
From: GCIDE
- Misuse \Mis*use"\ (m[i^]s*[=u]s"), n.
- 1. Wrong use; misapplication; erroneous or improper use. [1913 Webster]
- Words little suspected for any such misuse. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Violence, or its effects. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'misuse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- active use,
- adulterate,
- adulteration,
- alloy,
- appliance,
- application,
- barbarism,
- befoul,
- befouling,
- bias,
- bleed,
- bleed white,
- canker,
- catachresis,
- cheapen,
- clerical error,
- coarsen,
- color,
- confound,
- consumption,
- contaminate,
- contamination,
- convert,
- corrigendum,
- corrupt,
- corruption,
- debase,
- debauch,
- defalcate,
- defile,
- defilement,
- deflower,
- degenerate,
- degrade,
- denature,
- deprave,
- desecrate,
- despoil,
- devalue,
- distort,
- diversion,
- divert,
- diverting,
- do amiss,
- drain,
- embezzle,
- employ,
- employment,
- envenoming,
- erratum,
- error,
- exercise,
- exertion,
- exploit,
- failure,
- false coloring,
- fault,
- faute,
- festering,
- foul,
- fouling,
- garble,
- good use,
- hard usage,
- hard use,
- human error,
- ill use,
- ill-treat,
- ill-use,
- impose upon,
- infect,
- infection,
- infelicity,
- make use of,
- maladminister,
- malapropism,
- maltreat,
- manipulate,
- milk,
- misapplication,
- misapply,
- misapprehension,
- misappropriate,
- misappropriation,
- miscalculation,
- miscall,
- miscarriage,
- miscite,
- misconception,
- misconduct,
- misconstruction,
- misconstrue,
- miscount,
- misdeal,
- misdirect,
- misdirection,
- misemploy,
- misemployment,
- misfield,
- mishandle,
- misidentification,
- misinterpret,
- misinterpretation,
- misjudgment,
- mismanage,
- misplay,
- misprint,
- misquotation,
- misquote,
- misread,
- misrender,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misrepresentation,
- miss,
- misspell,
- misstatement,
- mistake,
- mistreat,
- mistreatment,
- misunderstanding,
- misusage,
- outrage,
- peculate,
- perversion,
- pervert,
- pilfer,
- play on,
- poison,
- poisoning,
- pollute,
- pollution,
- presume upon,
- profane,
- prostitute,
- prostitution,
- ravage,
- ravish,
- rough usage,
- slant,
- slanting,
- solecism,
- strain,
- straining,
- stroke,
- suck dry,
- suppuration,
- taint,
- take advantage of,
- torture,
- torturing,
- twist,
- typo,
- typographical error,
- ulcerate,
- usage,
- use,
- use ill,
- using up,
- varnish,
- violate,
- vitiate,
- vitiation,
- vulgarize,
- warp,
- work on,
- work upon,
- wrong use