Synonyms of misused

misused

verb

past tense of misuse

1

as in abused

to put to a bad or improper use

an actor who misused his considerable talent by appearing in too many lousy movies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abused
• misapplied
• perverted
• prostituted
• profaned
• degraded
• corrupted
• misemployed
• twisted
• mismanaged
• desecrated
• debased

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• used
• employed
• utilized
• applied
• respected

2

as in bullied

to inflict physical or emotional harm upon

sadly misused by the people he had trusted

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abused
• bullied
• tortured
• mistreated
• injured
• mishandled
• violated
• manhandled
• maltreated
• brutalized
• oppressed
• ill-used
• hurt
• ill-treated
• persecuted
• messed over
• harassed
• took apart
• harmed
• molested
• tormented
• outraged
• burnt
• kicked around
• victimized
• wronged
• worked (over)
• beat (up)
• burned
• sandbagged
• roughed (up)
• messed (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cherished
• fostered
• nurtured
• cared (for)
• favored
• indulged
• spoiled
• gratified
• spoilt
• pampered
• catered (to)
• coddled
• humored
• babied
• mollycoddled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of misused

The report also detailed how its AI capabilities were being misused by North Korean operatives who used it to obtain remote jobs at tech companies. —Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

Sensitive information could be stored, analyzed, or misused without families fully knowing. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025

The loose age restriction is raising some concerns—namely that the messaging feature could be misused either by teenagers who send inappropriate content to each other, or by predatory users who want access to underage individuals. —Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 28 Aug. 2025

Corruption at the community school board level was far too common, with funds misused and hiring practices delivering incompetence. —Stanley S. Litow, New York Daily News, 17 Aug. 2025

For now, Huth isn’t concerned about the technology being misused or developed recklessly, speaking to the integrity of the research groups involved in neural prosthetics research. —Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2025

Then, in January, federal prosecutors filed a separate criminal complaint, saying the 30-year-old had provided false information to obtain pandemic relief loans and misused the money. —Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2025