misusedadj.
/ˌmɪsˈjuːzd/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈjuzd/ Improperly used; ill-treated, abused.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [adjective] > treated thus
misusedc1480
mishandleda1617
mistreated1799
maltreated1829
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [adjective] > misused
misusedc1480
abused1550
misemployed1647
misimproved1661
misimproven1717
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > [adjective]
misdighta1225
worried1559
ill-used1609
mishandleda1617
well-abused1648
spited1705
mistreated1799
misused1823
abused1826
maltreated1829
c1480 (a1400) St. Thais 17 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 215 Mysoysit beute dois Il ofte.
1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 305 (MED) For his misused outrage, The lordes rose..And heddid hym [sc. Piers Gaveston] as for an hie traytour.
c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) i. v. §14 T, the last of these misused souldioures, keepes alwayes it's aun nature, excep it be befoer tio.
1637 J. Milton Comus 3 The sweet poyson of mis-used Wine.
1823 W. Scott Peveril IV. iv. 86 Submitting to all his injustice with the endurance of a faithful and misused spaniel.
1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xv. 147 I have not a word to say against the misused, faithful girl.
1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage xx. 193 The youth had to depend again upon his misused ears, which were trembling and buzzing from the melée of musketry and yells.
1954 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 19 71/2 A very much misused method of assessing validity in the field of personality research.
1991 Opera News Sept. 47/1 The music's natural buoyancy and affirmative character sit ill with the wounded, hateful growls of misused Timon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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