ill-usage

noun

Definition of ill-usagenext
as in mistreatment

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  1. mistreatment
  2. ill-treatment
  3. maltreatment
  4. mismanagement
Noun
  • In the weeks that followed, Granger continued pressing her complaints, framing her exclusion from the coaching honors as further evidence of mistreatment.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026
  • Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools did not sufficiently address at least three situations involving the mistreatment of children by district staff, residents alleged in a Tuesday evening public meeting.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Definition of mistreatment
Noun
  • Officers understood that a move against Maduro without clear guarantees of immunity meant risking imprisonment, torture, confiscation of assets, and the ill-treatment of their families.
    — Bobby Ghosh, Time, 3 Jan. 2026
  • On the stand, Nash testified to Combs’ ill-treatment Fine during the years he was employed.
    — DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Definition of ill-treatment
Noun
  • The maltreatment eventually led her to run away, later re-entering foster care.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • Three other employees were charged with permitting child abuse and failure to report child maltreatment.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 15 July 2026
Definition of maltreatment
Noun
  • Granger and Carlson became locked in a bitter feud with Abernethy, with each side accusing the other of mismanagement.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026
  • The tragic twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 laid bare the dire state of the country’s health system, crippled by years of economic crisis, government mismanagement and the migration of medical workers.
    — Alfie Pannell, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Definition of mismanagement
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