noun
definition
An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
Examples of misuse in a Sentence
It led, among other consequences, to an enormous misuse of bleeding.
Try not to misuse nouns as verbs or adjectives.
Accidents from the misuse and careless handling of explosives are unfortunately too frequent in mines.
It was the main concern of the national agency on alcohol misuse.
Misuse of any chemical can cause serious environmental impacts.
The loss to the economy of premature death from alcohol misuse is around £ 2.4 billion each year.
The Misuse of Drugs Act seems impervious to amendment or repeal.
No person shall intentionally interfere with, or misuse anything provided by the University in the interests of health, safety or welfare.
The FDA has been notoriously lax in dealing with the misuse of drugs in the dairy industry.
In my opinion what we had here was a blatant misuse of his position described as chair of a publicly funded body.
These procedures also indicate the actions to be taken in the event of suspected computer misuse.
It is aimed at young people, parents, professionals or anyone concerned with solvent misuse.
Marcuse criticized the misuse of science because it also legitimizes social and economic hierarchy.
Our company will make every effort to tackle drug misuse at work effectively.
What can be done to prevent the misuse of alcohol?
Given the level of misuse identified by ICE Ergonomics, would it be advisable to explicitly ban such visors at night?
Some institutions are looking at digital watermarking techniques to prevent misuse.
The warranty does not apply to damage resulting from abuse, accident, alteration, improper assembly, misuse or tampering.
Females between the ages of 12 and 17 are more likely than males to abuse OTC medicines, while males between the ages of 18 and 25 were more likely to misuse them.
The chief risks involved in taking the TAT are a bad "fit" between the examiner and the test subject and misuse of the results.
The cord can become damaged through misuse or exposure to water.
The warranty is void if the product has been subject to misuse, neglect, accident, improper maintenance or repair or unauthorized modification.
According to the Safe Kids fire prevention fact sheet, fires are most often caused by adult cigarette use, electrical malfunction, and misuse of heating equipment.
Since they don't have an ownership stake in the car, they may misuse it.
Serious side effects have been reported with the use and misuse of diet supplements.
For example, service contracts don't normally cover failures caused by misuse of the product.
Most warranties will not cover damage caused by misuse of the product or if the product was used for commercial purposes.
In order to encourage your children's trust, never misuse this information, and allow them their online space without repeatedly posting comments to their account.
Those people who use MySpace from work may be in the position of potential disciplinary measures for misuse of internet privileges, and such sites can be helpful for that purpose.
That leads to the whole system beginning to fail, in much the same way that keywords and metatags stopped working so well due to the misuse of popular tags like "sex" on many websites.
His financial administration was sound and he guarded against any misuse of the revenues of the state.
It was not possible to ascertain why the likelihood of misuse was not more apparent at an earlier stage.
Many had co-morbid substance misuse and a history of self-harm.
Themes include bullying, drugs misuse & healthy eating.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (a type of counseling) is the most effective response to crack cocaine misuse.
We have promoted conferences and seminars on reducing drug supply and cutting drug-related crime, and have produced reports on housing and crack/cocaine misuse.
The highlight of the collection is Little Gods, the study of an aging Spanish nobleman awaiting trial for misuse of his power.
Mental health patients using opiates were more likely to receive substance misuse interventions than patients using other drugs.
Drugs of misuse include opiates such as heroin, stimulants such as cocaine and crack, hallucinogens such as LSD, and cannabis.
Most relate to heroin and misuse of the synthetic opiate, methadone.
Treatment can alter the natural history of opioid dependence, most commonly by prolonging periods of abstinence from illicit opioid dependence, most commonly by prolonging periods of abstinence from illicit opioid misuse.
Acquisitive crime (particularly shoplifting, burglary and fraud) are the primary means of funding drug misuse.
But parliamentary sovereignty had been established - Charles II knew he could never misuse power the way his father had done.
It is vitally important that substance misuse training should also be present within the undergraduate syllabus.
This often leads to drug misuse or even unscrupulous supply of out of date drugs.
Our warranty covers against defective workmanship only, misuse or wilful damage will render the warranty void.
The consequence of this misuse of the term "curate" was that the title of "perpetual curate" fell into desuetude in the Anglican Church, and an act of parliament (1868) was passed to authorize perpetual curates to style themselves vicars (see Vicar).
The explanation of the dual kingship is probably this - the Tui Tonga were regarded as the direct descendants of the original head of the family from which the people sprang; regarded with reverence, and possessing unlimited power, they came to misuse this and discontent resulted, whereupon, to protect themselves, they appointed an executive deputy.
Charlemagne legislated with vigour against this tendency, trying to make it easier for the poor freeman to fulfil his military duties directly to the state, and to forbid the misuse of power by the rich, but he was not more successful than the Roman government had been in a like attempt.
The misuse of the Eddic metaphors made the lyrical and epical poetry of the day hardly intelligible, and, to make matters worse, the language of the poets was mixed up with words of German and Danish origin.