Definitions of misuse [ɪsˈyu sɪdʒ, -zɪdʒ]

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Definition of 'misuse'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) misuse
wrong or improper use; misapplication.

2. (v.t.) misuse
to use incorrectly or improperly:
to misuse a word.

3. misuse
to treat badly or abusively; mistreat:
to misuse a friend.

Etymology: (1350–1400)

Definition of 'misuse'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) misuse, abuse
improper or excessive use
"alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds"

2. (verb) misapply, misuse
apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
"The words are misapplied in this context"; "You are misapplying the name of this religious group"

3. (verb) pervert, misuse, abuse
change the inherent purpose or function of something
"Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"

Definition of 'misuse'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) misuse
the use of sth in the wrong way
the misuse of power

Definition of 'misuse'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) misuse
wrong use; misapplication; erroneous or improper use

2. (noun) misuse
violence, or its effects

3. (verb) misuse
to treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents

4. (verb) misuse
to abuse; to treat ill

Translation of 'misuse'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (a) wrong or bad use the misuse of company money; The machine was damaged by misuse.
Afrikaans: misbruik	Arabic: يُسيء اسْتِعْمال	Bulgarian: лоша употреба
Brazilian: mau uso	Czech: špatné použití	German: der Mißbrauch
Danish: misbrug	Greek: κακή χρήση	Spanish: mal uso, uso incorrecto
Estonian: väärtarvitus	Farsi: سوء استفاده	Finnish: väärinkäyttö
French: mauvais usage	Hebrew: נִיצוּל לְרָעָה	Hindi: गलत प्रयोग
Croatian: zloupotreba	Hungarian: helytelen felhasználás	Indonesian: penyalahgunaan
Icelandic: röng notkun; misnotkun	Italian: cattivo uso, uso scorrett	Japanese: 誤用
Korean: 오용, 남용	Lithuanian: netinkamas naudojimas/var	Latvian: nepareiza/ļaunprātīga lie
Malay: salah guna	Dutch: vewrkeerd gebruik	Norwegian: misbruk, feil bruk
Polish: złe użycie, nadużycie	Persian: سوء استفاده	Pashto: ناسمه ګټه پورته كول
Portuguese: má utilização	Romanian: întrebuinţare greşită	Russian: неправильное употребление
Slovak: nesprávne použitie	Slovenian: napačna uporaba	Serbian: zloupotreba
Swedish: missbruk, felaktig använd	Thai: การใช้ในทางที่ผิด	Turkish: kötüye kullanmak, suiisti
Taiwanese: 誤用，濫用	Ukrainian: неправильне вживання	Urdu: سوء استعمال
Vietnamese: lạm dụng	Chinese: 误用
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