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Definition of Misusage

1. n. Bad treatment; abuse.

Definition of Misusage

1. incorrect use [n -S]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Misusage

misty misty misty-eyed mistype mistyped mistypes mistyping mist bacillus mist over misunderstand

misunderstanding misunderstands misunderstood misunion misunions misusage (current term) misusages misuse misused misuser

misusers misuses misusing misust misutilization misutilizations misvalue misvalued misvalues misvaluing

Literary usage of Misusage

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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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