ill-usage

noun

Definition of ill-usagenext
as in mistreatment

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  1. mistreatment
  2. ill-treatment
  3. maltreatment
  4. mismanagement
Noun
  • The mistreatment of Djokovic cost him millions of dollars and potentially a major or two.
    — Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Goode charts the exploitation and mistreatment of reptiles that are illegally sold and sometimes endangered through intricate, decades-old smuggling operations that have often, but not always, escaped detection at airports.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 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
  • That’s because some important things happened after the decades of pension mismanagement — but before Lamont became governor.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
  • And the fact that Tyreek Hill, Bradley Chubb and Jalen Ramsey, the three Pro Bowl talents Miami traded draft picks to acquire during Grier’s run as the team’s top executive stretch, are gone doesn’t make the roster mismanagement easier to stomach.
    — Omar Kelly August 3, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of mismanagement
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“Ill-usage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ill-usage. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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