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Mistreat

//mɪsˈtɹiːt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To treat someone, or something roughly or badly. transitive
  2. 2
    treat badly wordnet
  3. 3
    To administer an incorrect treatment to a patient. transitive

    "The syphilis that Catapano and other AIDS-syphilis theorists are especially concerned about may develop when repeated treponeme infections are not treated, or, more commonly, are 'mistreated with penicillin."

Etymology

From mis- + treat.

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