Definition of Misusage

1. n. Bad treatment; abuse.

Definition of Misusage

1. Noun. Improper usage (especially of words) ¹

2. Noun. Abuse ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Misusage

1. incorrect use [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Misusage

misunderestimated
misunderestimates
misunderestimating
misunderestimation
misunderestimations
misunderstand
misunderstandable
misunderstander
misunderstanders
misunderstanding
misunderstandings
misunderstands
misunderstood
misunion
misunions
misusage (current term)
misusages
misuse
misused
misuser
misusers
misuses
misusest
misuseth
misusing
misust
misutilization
misutilizations
misvalue
misvalued

Literary usage of Misusage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"The fame of their misusage so prevented them that the people of that place also, offended thereby, would bring in no wares. ..."

2. Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig von Doederlein, Samuel Harvey Taylor, Henry Hamilton Arnold (1875)
"... a misusage by blows or thrusts, which is administered as mere vengeance by unauthorized persons; pulsare (from pellere) as a slighter misusage with hand ..."

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