verb
definition
To use (something) incorrectly.
definition
To abuse or mistreat (something or someone).
definition
To rape (a woman); later more generally, to sexually abuse (someone).
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To abuse verbally, to insult.
Examples of misusing in a Sentence
One of his first acts was severely to reprimand Puttkammer for misusing government influence at elections.
The Germans were thereby deprived of their weapon of obstruction, and the Czechs lost the power of misusing their majority to oppress the Germans.
For the best results, avoid misusing the products.
Nor did they assent to Bismarcks proposal that the Reichstag should assume power to exclude from the House members who were guilty of misusing the liberty of speech which they enjoyed there.
Then, wholly unexpectedly, came a letter from Capo d'Istria upbraiding Ypsilanti for misusing the tsar's name, announcing that his name had been struck off the army list, and commanding him to ?ay down his arms. Ypsilanti's decision to explain away the tsar's letter could only have been justified by the success of a cause which was now hopeless.
Hence there arose, both in and out of parliament, a violent agitation for the removal of Lancaster from power, and the punishment of the favorites, who were believed, with complete justification, to be misusing the royal name for their own private profit.
Security has also been improved but the problem of hackers and students misusing the Internet was noted as requiring continuous vigilance.
Bulimia nervosa-An eating disorder characterized by binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behavior, such as vomiting, misusing laxatives, or excessive exercise.