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used

1 7.2

A person whom others take advantage of and do not respect

adjective
/juːzd/

Informal

: explotado

After years in the corporate world, he realized he had been used by his employers for their gain.

And Joe starts to see that he's being used and sometimes abused.

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Examples

But today things are loved and people are used to get those things.
My assumption is you have been used more often because of that.

Laura Lee
But today things are loved and people are used to get those things.
So Mcgahn as a lawyer was being used as a witness against his client.
But Gregor's still not used to this body of his.
She felt that she was being used by her friends, who only contacted her when they needed help.
When he discovered how often he was used by colleagues, he decided to set clearer boundaries.

Synonyms

put-upon

vsused

7 7.2

Other people make someone do more than is fair

is seen as a tool for others rather than only burdened

exploited

vsused

2 5.1

Treated unfairly so someone else gains

is regarded as a means without appreciation or respect

ill-used

vsused

NSFW

1 8.1

Treated badly by other people

is viewed mainly as serving others, not necessarily suffering abuse

victimized

vsused

6.4

Treated unfairly and made to suffer by other people

is treated mainly as a means to others' ends, not only harmed

Antonyms

valued

1 3.7

A person or thing that people see as important because of good qualities

Idioms

used to

∞ 2.3

Comfortable with something because you do it often

ain't what it used to be

Informal

7 9.8

Not as good or impressive as it was before

Compounds

used car

52 1.0

A car that someone else owned before and is not new

used-car lot

7 2.8

An open area where a dealer shows and sells cars that other people owned

How Exploited

exploited

2 5.1

used

Informal

1 7.2

Surface Forms

used positive

Morphology

used = use (transparent) = use + ed

Derived from the verb 'use' (including its sense 'to exploit') with the past-participle suffix '-ed', so 'used' denotes someone who has been treated as a means.

Etymology

Used comes from use ('to make use of'), and it can mean someone was treated like a tool for another person's goal. So when a person feels used, it means they think someone took advantage of them rather than respected them.