mistreatment
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4.0
- noun
- /ˌmɪsˈtritmənt/
:
maltrato
- The employee reported incidents of mistreatment by her manager, expressing the need for a fair workplace.
- mistreatment of prisoners
- mistreatment of women
- sexual mistreatment
Then comes essentially legalized segregation and and mistreatment of black people.
- Then comes essentially legalized segregation and and mistreatment of black people.
- There was no thought of women being less or subject to mistreatment because they were female.
- I'm not, I'm not unique in the mistreatment or abuse that he meted out to me.
- And, and so everybody is supposed to turn violent in reaction to their mistreatment.
- Don't use that as an excuse to use others, and don't use that as an excuse to expect people to accept your mistreatment.
- And I had just finished the audio book Unwell Women, which is about mistreatment of women in medicine throughout time and back-to-back.
- So if you witness their mistreatment of other people, hold onto your hat and gird yourself.
- I think that if you're committed to someone and as long as there isn't, it's you're not absolutely miserable and or there isn't mistreatment of any sort.
- Who knows this is mistreatment you and does it anyway.
Examples
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Indigenous minorities have long suffered mistreatment at the hands of outsiders.
Academic text (2011) -
The Jordanian government's mistreatment of its Palestinian citizenry has taken a significant toll.
Academic text (2012) -
There was no thought of women being less or subject to mistreatment because they were female.
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In fact, were you not found guilty of the mistreatment of your horses on four occasions over the past 12 months?
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The latter mostly involved her mistreatment at the hands of the earl.
Academic text (1998) -
A third Muslim concern is U.S. silence about the mistreatment of Muslims in China, Russia, and India.
Academic text (2005) -
Someday hence, the United States will apologize for the decades of mistreatment of these veterans.
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At the Fiateci plant, women complained of mistreatment by their supervisor when they returned to work.
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The full impact of outrage over the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is still to be determined.
Academic text (2004) -
Have we not risen in righteous anger at Hitler's mistreatment of the Jews?
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
120
5.5
A cruel use of power to control and hurt people
79
5.9
Treating people unfairly to get work or money from them
19
6.8
Treating someone unfairly, often by taking advantage of them
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7.0
Cruel treatment that hurts people or animals physically and emotionally
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6.4
Cruel treatment of a person or animal, often over a long time
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8.3
An act that causes someone great pain and suffering on purpose
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mistreatment is made of the prefix mis- meaning 'wrong' and the verb treat meaning 'to deal with', as in mistake. So, mistreatment means 'dealing with someone wrongly', which is why it means treating someone badly or unfairly.