misuse
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈmɪsˌjuːs/
:
uso indebido
- The direct cause of information ethics problems, however, is typically a human misuse of IT and information.
- substance misuse
- abuse or misuse
- alcohol misuse
It used software to conceal the misuse of customer funds.
- It used software to conceal the misuse of customer funds.
- So he tells us that we're faced by a misuse of words and a confusion of thought.
- There will be no further misuse of this channel.
- Do you look on that and see it as a misuse of your particular political ideology?
- And when he had done that, he realized that was a misuse of his power.
- I think that is a total misuse of what true rape is all about.
- This was the idea of applying somehow the Origin of Species, by it was a misuse of Darwin, but who cares?
- And one of those is the misuse and or the overuse of antibiotics in your child.
- But there's another thing that worries me perhaps more than many people seem to worry, and that's the threat of misuse of technology.
- So, so yet I do understand we, we don't want to permit misuse of the data from legal policy standpoint.
Examples
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The Episcopal Church is investigating the possible misuse of funds following the resignation of its national treasurer.
Academic text (1996) -
I think there can be severe punishment for those who have egregious misuse of the data.
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So I think that the the misuse of that term has been a huge problem.
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So this I, it feels like a misuse of energy and time to prove people wrong.
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There are certainly multiple examples of the misuse of the methods of popular education.
Academic text (2011) -
And when he had done that, he realized that was a misuse of his power.
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Their misuse is the main cause of camp accidents.
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The Council stipulates that drug misuse is primarily a "social, medical, and public health problem."
Academic text (1993) -
But there's another thing that worries me perhaps more than many people seem to worry, and that's the threat of misuse of technology.
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The misuse of drugs can lead to serious health problems.
Synonyms
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4.1
Wrong or excessive use of something that causes harm
16
3.8
Using something too often so it becomes harmful or less effective
5
8.6
Taking money or things you were trusted with and using them for yourself
1
7.5
Using something in a wrong or unsuitable way
1
7.5
Wrong use of words, rules, or tools
1
7.5
Using something too much makes it less useful
An act of using something too much so it causes harm
How Correct
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3.4
337
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word misuse combines the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and the verb use meaning 'to employ something'. So a misuse is literally a 'wrong use' of something, like money or medicine being used in the wrong way.