as in abuse
incorrect or improper use
the warranty for this dryer is null and void if you subject the product to deliberate misuse
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as in to abuse
to put to a bad or improper use
an actor who misused his considerable talent by appearing in too many lousy movies
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as in to bully
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon
sadly misused by the people he had trusted
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Recent Examples of misuse
Dana Ferguson, Twin Cities, 29 July 2025
Exposing deceptions can waste time and money, and AI misuse can deprive people of raising their best arguments.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2025
Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 10 July 2025
Chappell misused state vehicles for personal use over weekends, holidays, and outside business hours, racking up unauthorized vehicle usage and mileage fees totaling more than $47,000 between August 2015 and January 2019, the news release said.
—Paul Egan, Freep.com, 23 July 2025
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Noun
The governor thanked acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Joe Thompson for investigating misuse of the program.
—Dana Ferguson, Twin Cities, 29 July 2025
Exposing deceptions can waste time and money, and AI misuse can deprive people of raising their best arguments.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2025
Verb
Keep in mind, these are tools used perfectly legitimately for a host of things from accessibility to content creation – but like many AI technologies, can be misused by bad actors.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 10 July 2025
Chappell misused state vehicles for personal use over weekends, holidays, and outside business hours, racking up unauthorized vehicle usage and mileage fees totaling more than $47,000 between August 2015 and January 2019, the news release said.
—Paul Egan, Freep.com, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misuse
abuse
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Democrats said Trump’s asking a foreign government to investigate a political rival amounted to an egregious abuse of power.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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Disability Rights Wisconsin could lose funding for several programs, including investigating abuse and neglect across the state's in-patient facilities.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Misuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misuse. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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