Mistreatment

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Cruel, abusive, unfair, or thoughtless treatment of a person or animal (or rarely an object). countable, uncountable

    "There were allegations of mistreatment at the prison."

  2. 2
    the practice of treating (someone or something) badly wordnet

Etymology

From mistreat + -ment.

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