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misused

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mis·use  (ms-ys)
n.
Improper, unlawful, or incorrect use; misapplication.
tr.v. (-yz) mis·used, mis·us·ing, mis·us·es
1. To use incorrectly.
2. To mistreat or abuse. See Synonyms at abuse.
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Adj.1.misused - used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose; "misused words are often laughable but one weeps for misused talents"
used - employed in accomplishing something; "the principle of surprise is the most used and misused of all the principles of war"- H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker


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Two inferences, however, were plainly deduced from the whole: one, that Elizabeth was the real cause of the mischief; and the other that she herself had been barbarously misused by them all; and on these two points she principally dwelt during the rest of the day.
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane View in context
The youth had to depend again upon his misused ears, which were trembling and buzzing from the melee of musketry and yells.
The Red Badge of Courage by Crane, Stephen View in context
So it was, when the doom of fifty years of living death was uttered by Judge Scott, that Jim Hall, hating all things in the society that misused him, rose up and raged in the court-room until dragged down by half a dozen of his blue-coated enemies.
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