mistreated
- adjective
- /ˌmɪsˈtritɪd/
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maltratado
- 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
7
7.2
Other people make someone do more than is fair
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5.1
Treated unfairly so someone else gains
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8.1
Treated badly by other people
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4.6
A person who has been hurt physically or emotionally by someone many times
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4.9
Hurt or not cared for by other people
Treated cruelly or violently, often more than once
Hurt or abused by other people
Treated unfairly and made to suffer by other people
To behave badly towards someone and show no respect
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.