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Definition of Misused
1. Adjective. Used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose. "Misused words are often laughable but one weeps for misused talents"
Definition of Misused
1. Adjective. Describing something that is used in an incorrect or inappropriate manner. ¹
2. Verb. (past of misuse) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misused
1. misuse [v] - See also: misuse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misused
Literary usage of Misused
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Dictionary of Facts: History, Language, Literature, Biography edited by Henry Woldmar Ruoff (1909)
"Intend is misused for purpose, as in " I intend to attend college this winter
... Mind is often misused for obey. To mind is to attend to a thing so it will ..."
2. Wisconsin Journal of Education by Wisconsin Teachers' Association, Wisconsin Education Association Council, Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction (1882)
"A FEW misused WORDS. It may be said of the misused words of our common speech
that their name is legion. This article takes up only a few of the numerous ..."
3. Middlesex County Records: Calendar of the Sessions Books, 1689 to 1709 by William John Hardy (1905)
"Roberts had complained that his master had misused him, and neglected to provide
him with clothes and other necessaries, and Thomas Johnson, ..."
4. Composition and Rhetoric for Schools by Robert Herrick, Lindsay Todd Damon (1899)
"WORDS GENERALLY misused.* 72. Verbs.—1. Affect, effect: The cold affected *The
... It contains the words most commonly misused. In the examples given the ..."
5. The Missions and Missionaries of California by Zephyrin Engelhardt (1913)
"How the Government misused It.—Figueroa's Ungracious Recommendations.—His
Report.—His Fanaticism. —The Majority of the People with the Friars. ..."
6. Words and Their Uses, Past and Present: A Study of the English Language by Richard Grant White (1870)
"... 'CHAPTER V. misused WORDS. THE right use of words is not a matter to be left
to pedants and pedagogues. It belongs to the daily life of every man. ..."
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