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Definitions for mistreat
mɪsˈtritmis·treat

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use, step, ill-treatverb

    treat badly

    "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

Wiktionary

  1. mistreatverb

    To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Mistreatverb

    to treat amiss; to abuse

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Mistreat

    mis-trēt′, v.t. to treat ill: to abuse.—n. Mistreat′ment, ill-treatment: abuse.

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  1. martites

  2. teratism

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mistreat in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mistreat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of mistreat in a Sentence

  1. Caroline Heldman:

    Power in colleges has shifted dramatically in recent years to the administrative side, those of us who are tenured need to use our academic freedom because we're the only ones at institutions who have power to speak out when administrations mistreat Know Your.

  2. Roger Holm:

    She just always had that courage about her, she never did like seeing people mistreat anybody.

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