ILL-USAGE Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

ill-usage

noun

Definition of ill-usage

as in mistreatment

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Noun

With no indication that the officers have learned from their mistreatment of her husband, Rebekah can’t shake the feeling that her family won’t be the only ones to fall victim to this kind of injustice.

— Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
But in Lizzie’s case, much of the mistreatment the series uses to explain that violence has been invented.

— Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 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 program is linked to a 32% drop in infant maltreatment reports, which represents a massive prevention of child welfare involvement.

— Mona Hanna, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
The maltreatment eventually led her to run away, later re-entering foster care.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

Definition of maltreatment

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Argentine President Javier Milei, who in 2023 ran an outsider campaign against economic mismanagement, faces an uphill 2027 reelection bid as Argentines struggle with day-to-day economic challenges despite the country’s macroeconomic improvements.

— DAN RESTREPO, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
Mark Klukow, assistant chief of operations with the law enforcement agency, acknowledged the issues and conceded there was mismanagement in the past.

— Ashley Grams, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of mismanagement

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