Definition of misusagenext

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Recent Examples of misusage That misusage was quickly corrected, but the Bears never found a way to get Everett involved and Kmet’s opportunities in the passing game were too few as the season unfolded. Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misusage
Noun
  • This includes embedding safety features that prevent malign bioweapons development and embedding mechanisms that enable such misuse to be easily detected.
    Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Far more often, waste happens through the duplication of overhead services, misuse of subject matter experts, dependence on slow decision-making frameworks, and other procedural flaws.
    Ryan Dewey Smith, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Shortly after, Panettiere struggles with postpartum depression, and her substance abuse issues resurface.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Video recordings and documents detail how investigators pursued the case, and the possibility of abuse, for months but failed to identify a perpetrator.
    Amy Brittain, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2026

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“Misusage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misusage. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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