Misuse

What do we mean by misuse?

To use incorrectly. transitive verb

To mistreat or abuse. synonym: abuse. transitive verb

Improper, unlawful, or incorrect use; misapplication. noun

To treat or use improperly; apply to an improper purpose; make a false or improper use of.

To use or treat badly; abuse or maltreat in act or speech.

Synonyms Abuse, Misuse. See abuse.

Improper use; misapplication; employment in a wrong way or to a bad purpose; perversion. noun

Abuse; ill treatment. noun

Synonyms Perversion, profanation, prostitution. See abuse, v. t. noun

To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply. transitive verb

To abuse; to treat ill. transitive verb

Wrong use; misapplication; erroneous or improper use. noun

Violence, or its effects. noun

To use (something) incorrectly. verb

To abuse or mistreat (something or someone). verb

To abuse verbally, to insult. verb

An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something. noun

Apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly verb

Improper or excessive use noun

Change the inherent purpose or function of something verb

An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.

Words that are spelled similarly to misuse:
misuse, disuse, misse, misus.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word misuse:
antitrust, contributory, overuse, drugs, cannabis, infringement, funds, patent, antibiotics, dependence, abuse, prescription, substances, patents, copyright, doctrine, alcohol, drug, substance, harm, prescribed, detection, addiction, violation, psychiatric, amendment, act, expenses, illegal, theft, privacy, regulations, statistics, imprisonment, licensing, prohibited, corruption, powers, recreational, fraud, charges, resources, controlled, disorder, license, allegations, provisions, mental, possession, laws, alleged, psychological, purposes, cases, criminal, schedule, conduct, sentence, recommended, ban, case.

Words that rhyme with misuse:
lose, choose, loose, obtuse, use, abuse, muse, recuse, produce, induce, peruse, goose, introduce, news, juice, diffuse, ruse, abstruse, reduce, whose, refuse, deuce, fuse, deduce, cruise, excuse, spruce, accuse, recluse, defuse, shoes, infuse, nous, bruise, sluice, ooze, moose, confuse, truce, profuse, noose, amuse, blues, booze, snooze, seduce, luce, suffuse, mousse, reuse, chartreuse, disabuse, caboose, bemuse, schmooze, zeus, youse, reproduce, enthuse, duce, bruce, cruse, cruze, hughes, cues, footloose, overuse, dues, cruz, ensues, roose, eschews, douce, prepuce, sous, trews, meuse, coos, loos, syracuse, views, revenues, boos, andrews, kangaroos, disuse, druze, tattoos, druse, hues, avenues, soyuz, statues, roos, jews, ewes, reintroduce, tissues, lewes, ques.

Adjectives that are often used to describe misuse:
such, possible, potential, gross, common, alleged, frequent, deliberate, widespread, sexual, political, serious, flagrant, blatant, vocal, intentional, criminal, accidental, parental, chronic, foreseeable, much, occasional, similar, further, continued, obvious, habitual, constant, adolescent, dangerous, current, copyright, considerable, past, strange, subsequent, apparent, popular, grave, future, systematic, antibiotic, extensive, arbitrary, ignorant, inadvertent, scandalous, persistent, fraudulent, unintentional, tragic, careless, laxative, reckless, terrible, wanton, clear, sad, willful, mere, intravenous, ideological, excessive, subst, wilful, cynical, unforeseeable, opiate, probable, solvent, wasteful, unfortunate, massive, racial, consequent, corrupt, term, rampant, shameful, malicious, selfish.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective misuse:
language, abuse, detection.

Consonant match to misuse:
messieurs, monsieurs.

Words that sound like misuse:
misuse, misused, miscues, misuser, misses, mrs, missus, matthews, mrs., mathews, missis, missies, menuse, mischoose, mislays, misos, misraise, tissues, messes, menus, messiahs, musses, maestas, muskies, mestas, mess-dos, missiles, missals, muse, masses, miseries, masseuse, macys, mouses, mosses, mews, miscue, mooses, maces, muze, messia, meuse, muz, misusing, misu, meus, misuses, mewes, macy's, messieurs, mses, meeces, milieus, misys, musya, majas, masais, mastos, miscut, misease, misguess, misroute, misrules, misusers, miswear, mixed-use, mizmaze, muzh, muscles, mussels, meseems, monsieur, messias, messrs, mesua, masas, masis, mezes, maestus, mezzos, mssrs, mssu, musgu, masons, mishear, midges, macias, meisels, moistens, mysia, msms, mishegaas, micio, misavize, mishears, mizzles, disuse, isu, macers, amenuse.