What is another word for misuse?
Synonyms for misuse
mɪsˈyus; -ˈyuzmis·use
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
misuse
Abuse covers all unreasonable or improper use or treatment by word or act. A tenant does not abuse rented property by "reasonable wear," though that may damage the property and injure its sale; he may abuse it by needless defacement or neglect. It is possible to abuse a man without harming him, as when the criminal vituperates the judge; or to harm a man without abusing him, as when the witness tells the truth about the criminal. Defame, malign, rail at, revile, slander, vilify, and vituperate are used always in a bad sense. One may be justly reproached. To impose on or to victimize one is to injure him by abusing his confidence. To persecute one is to ill-treat him for opinion's sake, commonly for religious belief; to oppress is generally for political or pecuniary motives. "Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy," Deut. xxiv, 14. Misemploy, misuse, and pervert are commonly applied to objects rather than to persons. A dissolute youth misemploys his time, misuses his money and opportunities, harms his associates, perverts his talents, wrongs his parents, ruins himself, abuses every good gift of God.
Synonyms:
abuse, aggrieve, damage, defame, defile, disparage, harm, ill-treat, ill-use, impose on, impose upon, injure, malign, maltreat, misemploy, molest, oppress, persecute, pervert, prostitute, rail at, ravish, reproach, revile, ruin, slander, victimize, vilify, violate, vituperate, wrongAntonyms:
applaud, benefit, care for, cherish, conserve, consider, eulogize, extol, favor, laud, panegyrize, praise, protect, regard, respect, shield, sustain, tend, uphold, vindicate
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
misusenoun
Synonyms:
abuse, perversion, prostitution
Princeton's WordNet
misuse, abuseverb
improper or excessive use
"alcohol abuse"; "the abuse of public funds"
Synonyms:
ill-treatment, contumely, vilification, insult, revilement, ill-usage, maltreatment, abusemisapply, misuseverb
apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
"The words are misapplied in this context"; "You are misapplying the name of this religious group"
pervert, misuse, abuseverb
change the inherent purpose or function of something
"Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"
Synonyms:
sophisticate, pervert, shout, vitiate, deprave, debauch, twist, ill-use, blackguard, twist around, subvert, misapply, profane, step, corrupt, debase, misdirect, demoralise, convolute, maltreat, abuse, demoralize, clapperclaw, ill-treat, mistreat
Dictionary of English Synonymes
misuseverb
Synonyms:
misemploy, misapply, desecrate, profane, pervert, put to a wrong usemisuseverb
misuseverb
Synonyms:
waste, squander, fool away, fritter away, muddle away, spend foolishlymisusenoun
Synonyms:
abuse, perversion, prostitution, profanation
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
misusenoun
Synonyms:
misapplication, prostitution, perversion, profanation, maltreatment, abusemisuseverb
Synonyms:
misapply, prostitute, pervert, profane, maltreat, abuse
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List of paraphrases for "misuse":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#930 | step | |
#1673 | wrong | |
#2225 | abuse | |
#2266 | damage | |
#6159 | harm | |
#7835 | twist | |
#11650 | shout | |
#11969 | corrupt | |
#12746 | violate | |
#14038 | misuse | |
#14164 | ruin | |
#15202 | abuses | |
#15612 | diversion | |
#17686 | prostitution | |
#17766 | insult | |
#28024 | prostitute | |
#32543 | profane | |
#33274 | slander | |
#34306 | injure | |
#34734 | pervert | |
#42903 | reproach | |
#47223 | perversion | |
#48029 | maltreatment | |
#51579 | subvert | |
#53474 | embezzlement | |
#62594 | misappropriation | |
#65039 | persecute | |
#66795 | oppress | |
#72172 | malign | |
#73765 | defame | |
#78097 | defile | |
#84156 | disparage | |
#85386 | molest | |
#94285 | vilification | |
#112569 | sophisticate | |
#121624 | vitiate | |
#134838 | mistreat | |
#141077 | vilify | |
#148587 | revile | |
#151654 | ravish | |
#162113 | blackguard | |
#162847 | debase | |
#163167 | demoralize | |
#164852 | victimize | |
#212610 | debauch | |
#232391 | misdirect | |
#233953 | convolute | |
#314700 | contumely | |
#317019 | maltreat |
How to use misuse in a sentence?
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney was going to speak Utah Sen. Mitt Romney mind without regard to party or politics, and this is very much in line with that, utah Sen. Mitt Romney has great concern about what Utah Sen. Mitt Romney sees as potential misuse or malfeasance in office.
That was probably to protect John Stewart Davis, i thought they might misuse it, maybe, or get caught with something that wasn't right.
We are happy this will stop the misuse of the medicine.
I hope to work with lawmakers to address the national security issues emerging from data misuse on platforms like Facebook, this goes far beyond the activities of Cambridge Analytica — the security of these platforms is becoming an essential part of protecting democracies from malicious actors.
As a matter of policy, to try and shift the blame for the criminal misuse of a lawful product that is used far more often to save lives and protect lives than to take them is a terrible idea.
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