mistreated
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4.1
- adjective
- /ˌmɪsˈtritɪd/
- The child felt mistreated after being scolded unfairly by the teacher in front of his classmates.
Examples
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Research has shown the gender health gap in the UK, where many women receive poorer healthcare than men, routinely misunderstood, mistreated and misdiagnosed.
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So she's been just kind of mistreated and left in the backyard.
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It's like the last one, I think on my list of how women are mistreated in medical contexts.
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And so we get mistreated, we get overtaxed.
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They're afraid because they were mistreated when they were younger.
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You know, just being hurt, being let down, being disappointed, being mistreated, being disrespected.
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when we feel mistreated, when we feel somehow disrespected, it's a natural reaction to want revenge.
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I've heard a couple books about how women or people with uteruses are mistreated in medicine, which I went through it last year.
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Many animals in shelters are often mistreated and neglected by their previous owners.
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Victims of bullying frequently report feeling mistreated by their peers at school.
Synonyms
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4.2
Treated cruelly or violently, often more than once
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4.6
A person who has been hurt physically or emotionally by someone many times
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5.1
Treated unfairly so someone else gains
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6.4
Treated unfairly and made to suffer by other people
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7.2
Other people make someone do more than is fair
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8.1
To behave badly towards someone and show no respect
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8.1
Treated badly by other people
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4.9
Hurt or not cared for by other people
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5.7
Hurt or abused by other people
How Treated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mistreated starts with mis- meaning 'wrong' or 'bad' and the word treat meaning 'to deal with'. So to be mistreated is to be 'dealt with badly', in a cruel or unfair way.