Definitions for Misused
Mis·used

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1. misused(adj)

   used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose

   "misused words are often laughable but one weeps for misused talents"

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1. misused(Adjective)

   Describing something that is used in an incorrect or inappropriate manner.

   The oft misused word didn't mean what he thought it meant, but everyone else misunderstood it too.

How to pronounce Misused?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Misused in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Misused in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Misused in a Sentence

1. Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi:

   There is no systematic torture, and if some cases have been reported, those are the acts of individuals who have misused their authority, and we are fully committed to investigate and arrest those individuals.

2. Fortina Harris:

   We've been dogged out, misused, abused and we still need to pay water bills and wash our bodies, we don't get any supplement. No discounts or nothing for buying water. We got to fend for our self.

3. Kevin Glogower:

   These are randomly selected citizens who were compelled to sit on a grand jury and were terribly misused by the most powerful law enforcement official in Kentucky.

4. Lindsay LaSalle:

   Almost all of the increases in overdose deaths are attributed to illicitly manufactured fentanyl, not pharmaceutical fentanyl that has been misused or diverted. And we know that because the number of prescriptions for pharmaceutical fentanyl has remained relatively stable over the past decade, whereas seizures of illicitly manufactured fentanyl has skyrocketed, so it really is due to illicitly manufactured fentanyl that is entering the market and that is essentially being mixed with heroin so that Lindsay LaSalle have an adulterated product that people aren't aware of, so their risk of overdose increases substantially.

5. George Conway:

   Europe doesn't have that -- France ended theirs in 1993 -- and most parts of Asia, many parts of Asia don't have it, so many others, constitutional scholars, have argued that the 14th Amendment has been misinterpreted or misused in this way.

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