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Definition of misuse in English: misuseverb mɪsˈjuːzmɪsˈjuz [with object]1Use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose. he was found guilty of misusing public funds Example sentencesExamples - I didn't know it was illegal to misuse someone's social security number or other people's info.
- It was irresponsible people who often misused such powers and knowledge for their own interests and to harm their enemies, he said.
- People misuse the categories of interventionism and isolationism.
- And most of these people had been misusing alcohol for 30 to 40 years.
- Most of us know people who misuse their credit cards through holiday spending sprees or random acts of profligacy.
- I was under the impression that there was a mandatory prison sentence for anybody misusing a firearm, replica or otherwise, in a public place.
- The problems with people misusing fireworks are hitting the local headlines on an almost daily basis.
- Often people misusing drugs and alcohol haven't got their lives in order and the not prepared or motivated to travel to get treatment.
- They are as often as not people who misuse drugs and then get trapped in a cycle of stealing, drug taking and prison.
- The one target the trust failed on was not helping enough people through its drugs misuse treatment programme.
- The new laws, detailed below, mean police have new powers to get tough on people misusing fireworks at Bonfire Night celebrations this weekend.
- One of the problems in the current subsidy system is that large amounts of subsidised products are misused or wasted.
- Other people misuse this car park when they want to use the cash dispenser.
- In actuality, the problem is not the weapons themselves but the people who misuse them.
- Corruption allegations that she had misused public funds came next.
- The mobile phone is an important landmark in the field of communication, but it is often misused by the people.
- In my humble opinion, to use them is not wrong, but to misuse them is.
- If people misuse the data I posted, I'm sorry, in the sense that I wish they didn't do that.
- It is not in the driftnet fishermen's interest to exploit or misuse our oceans resources.
- Not only do they take them for commercial purposes, but they misuse them entirely.
Synonyms put to wrong use, misapply, misemploy, embezzle, use fraudulently abuse, exploit, squander, waste, dissipate - 1.1 Treat (someone or something) badly or unfairly.
we felt that we had been deceived and misused Example sentencesExamples - ‘There is a group of guards that have been, well, misusing me,’ she said, looking down.
- She was the first one of his many masters that had not beaten or misused him.
- Our sense was that some people were misusing them and we felt that put our children and other users at risk and that's why we've decided to close it down.
Synonyms ill-treat, maltreat, mistreat, abuse, ill-use, treat badly, handle/treat roughly, knock about/around, hit, beat, strike, mishandle, manhandle, maul, molest, injure, harm, hurt, bully, persecute informal beat up, rough up, do over
noun mɪsˈjuːsˌmɪsˈjus mass nounThe wrong or improper use of something. drugs of such potency that their misuse can have dire consequences count noun a misuse of power Example sentencesExamples - There is, moreover, a close connection between claims based on misuse of powers and those based on proportionality.
- It is the abuse and misuse of any power, any position, public or private, for the gain that it is not authorized for.
- His government embarked on a campaign of harassment and intimidation against those members of the press who questioned his misuse of power.
- These checks and balances were created to prevent misuse of power.
- It also claims damages for unlawful interference, breach of European competition rules, breach of contract and misuse of confidential information.
- Women have similar stories to tell - of misuse of power and of their helplessness in situations where the harassment is short of violent assault or rape.
- Exercise of public power has to be coupled with accountability; otherwise, it would lead to misuse of power.
- Like nuclear weapons, these devices would be awesome in their power - and their misuse would be terrifying.
- In order to prove misuse of powers one has to establish the motive or intention of the institution exercising the power.
- I think they should raise their voices against these misuse of administrative powers.
- The Bill which the government is supporting, will provide powers to control their misuse.
- However, it is not so wide as to encompass any misuse of power.
- Scores of politicians are in jail facing charges of corruption and misuse of power.
- It is not the first time he has faced claims of misuse of power.
- Abuse is a gross and always inexcusable misuse of power.
- Living under the rule of law is an important safeguard against misuse of power.
- All the three cases, however, are glaring instances of misuse of power by the concerned agencies.
- This is just another misuse of power by an administration that continually guards its homeland security tactics.
- Unfortunately for us, we have only begun to witness the consequences of this ghastly misuse of unaccountable power.
- The main complaints were verbal abuse, misuse of power, being squeezed out of discussions and threatened with the sack.
Synonyms wrong use, misemployment, embezzlement, fraud exploitation, squandering, waste, dissipation illegal use, wrong use, abuse, misapplication
Derivatives noun If we have serious drug misusers, basically, we have to try and look after them and improve their health. Example sentencesExamples - The introduction of an alcohol referral scheme is being looked at with increased provision for alcohol misusers.
- The drug testing schemes will identify problematic drug misusers early and help them into treatment.
- Offenders convicted of drugs supply who are themselves habitual misusers, and are otherwise suitable for a community sentence, should also be considered.
- We know this because we have listened and considered opinions of service providers and to the individual stories of misusers and their families.
- Our study never aimed to provide figures but focussed on individual stories from misusers and their families.
Rhymes abstruse, abuse, adduce, Ballets Russes, Belarus, Bruce, burnous, caboose, charlotte russe, conduce, deduce, deuce, diffuse, douce, educe, excuse, goose, induce, introduce, juice, Larousse, loose, luce, moose, mousse, noose, obtuse, Palouse, produce, profuse, puce, recluse, reduce, Rousse, seduce, sluice, Sousse, spruce, traduce, truce, use, vamoose, Zeus abuse, accuse, adieux, amuse, bemuse, billets-doux, blues, booze, bruise, choose, Clews, confuse, contuse, cruise, cruse, Cruz, diffuse, do's, Druze, effuse, enthuse, excuse, fuse (US fuze), Hughes, incuse, interfuse, lose, Mahfouz, mews, muse, news, ooze, Ouse, perfuse, peruse, rhythm-and-blues, ruse, schmooze, snooze, suffuse, Toulouse, transfuse, trews, use, Vaduz, Veracruz, who's, whose, youse Definition of misuse in US English: misuseverbmɪsˈjuzmisˈyo͞oz [with object]1Use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose. he was found guilty of misusing public funds Example sentencesExamples - In actuality, the problem is not the weapons themselves but the people who misuse them.
- Not only do they take them for commercial purposes, but they misuse them entirely.
- I was under the impression that there was a mandatory prison sentence for anybody misusing a firearm, replica or otherwise, in a public place.
- They are as often as not people who misuse drugs and then get trapped in a cycle of stealing, drug taking and prison.
- If people misuse the data I posted, I'm sorry, in the sense that I wish they didn't do that.
- Most of us know people who misuse their credit cards through holiday spending sprees or random acts of profligacy.
- I didn't know it was illegal to misuse someone's social security number or other people's info.
- The mobile phone is an important landmark in the field of communication, but it is often misused by the people.
- And most of these people had been misusing alcohol for 30 to 40 years.
- In my humble opinion, to use them is not wrong, but to misuse them is.
- It was irresponsible people who often misused such powers and knowledge for their own interests and to harm their enemies, he said.
- Other people misuse this car park when they want to use the cash dispenser.
- Corruption allegations that she had misused public funds came next.
- It is not in the driftnet fishermen's interest to exploit or misuse our oceans resources.
- The problems with people misusing fireworks are hitting the local headlines on an almost daily basis.
- The new laws, detailed below, mean police have new powers to get tough on people misusing fireworks at Bonfire Night celebrations this weekend.
- The one target the trust failed on was not helping enough people through its drugs misuse treatment programme.
- One of the problems in the current subsidy system is that large amounts of subsidised products are misused or wasted.
- Often people misusing drugs and alcohol haven't got their lives in order and the not prepared or motivated to travel to get treatment.
- People misuse the categories of interventionism and isolationism.
Synonyms put to wrong use, misapply, misemploy, embezzle, use fraudulently - 1.1 Treat (someone or something) badly or unfairly.
Example sentencesExamples - ‘There is a group of guards that have been, well, misusing me,’ she said, looking down.
- Our sense was that some people were misusing them and we felt that put our children and other users at risk and that's why we've decided to close it down.
- She was the first one of his many masters that had not beaten or misused him.
Synonyms ill-treat, maltreat, mistreat, abuse, ill-use, treat badly, handle roughly, treat roughly, knock about, knock around, hit, beat, strike, mishandle, manhandle, maul, molest, injure, harm, hurt, bully, persecute
nounˌmisˈyo͞osˌmɪsˈjus The wrong or improper use of something. drugs of such potency that their misuse can have dire consequences Example sentencesExamples - This is just another misuse of power by an administration that continually guards its homeland security tactics.
- It is not the first time he has faced claims of misuse of power.
- The main complaints were verbal abuse, misuse of power, being squeezed out of discussions and threatened with the sack.
- I think they should raise their voices against these misuse of administrative powers.
- All the three cases, however, are glaring instances of misuse of power by the concerned agencies.
- There is, moreover, a close connection between claims based on misuse of powers and those based on proportionality.
- Unfortunately for us, we have only begun to witness the consequences of this ghastly misuse of unaccountable power.
- Living under the rule of law is an important safeguard against misuse of power.
- The Bill which the government is supporting, will provide powers to control their misuse.
- Abuse is a gross and always inexcusable misuse of power.
- In order to prove misuse of powers one has to establish the motive or intention of the institution exercising the power.
- Like nuclear weapons, these devices would be awesome in their power - and their misuse would be terrifying.
- Exercise of public power has to be coupled with accountability; otherwise, it would lead to misuse of power.
- These checks and balances were created to prevent misuse of power.
- Scores of politicians are in jail facing charges of corruption and misuse of power.
- It is the abuse and misuse of any power, any position, public or private, for the gain that it is not authorized for.
- Women have similar stories to tell - of misuse of power and of their helplessness in situations where the harassment is short of violent assault or rape.
- His government embarked on a campaign of harassment and intimidation against those members of the press who questioned his misuse of power.
- It also claims damages for unlawful interference, breach of European competition rules, breach of contract and misuse of confidential information.
- However, it is not so wide as to encompass any misuse of power.
Synonyms wrong use, misemployment, embezzlement, fraud illegal use, wrong use, abuse, misapplication
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