Misuse

//mɪsˈjuːs//

Synonyms for "misuse" (224 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (45)

Strong matches (67)

Related words (112)

Related word relations

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20 entries

Showing 16 of 20 words.

Antonyms

5 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

derived

1 entries

derived from

1 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

8 entries

Translations

52 translations across 23 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • shpërdoroj noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • злоупотреба noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)
  • блудствам verb (to abuse sexually)
  • злоупотребявам verb (to use something incorrectly)
  • отнасям се лошо с verb (to abuse or mistreat something or someone)

Czech

2 entries
  • zneužití noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)
  • zneužít verb (to abuse or mistreat something or someone)

Danish

1 entries
  • misbrug noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • misuzo noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)
  • misuzi verb (to use something incorrectly)

Finnish

4 entries
  • väärinkäyttö noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)
  • kohdella väärin verb (to abuse or mistreat something or someone)
  • käyttää hyväksi verb (to abuse sexually)
  • käyttää väärin verb (to use something incorrectly)

French

1 entries
  • mésusage noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)

German

4 entries
  • Fehlbedienung noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)
  • Fehlgebrauch noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)
  • Missbrauch noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)
  • Zweckentfremdung noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)

Greek

1 entries
  • κατάχρηση noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • visszaélés noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)
  • visszaél verb (to abuse or mistreat something or someone)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • penyalahgunaan noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)
  • menyalahgunakan verb (to use something incorrectly)

Italian

4 entries
  • abuso noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)
  • abusare verb (to abuse or mistreat something or someone)
  • abusare verb (to abuse sexually)
  • stuprare verb (to abuse sexually)

Kabuverdianu

2 entries
  • abuza noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)
  • abuzá noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)

Latin

1 entries
  • abūtor verb (to use something incorrectly)

Malay

1 entries
  • salah guna noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ദുരുപയോഗം noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)

Māori

1 entries
  • raukoti verb (to abuse or mistreat something or someone)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • misbruk noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • misbruk noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)

Russian

1 entries
  • злоупотребля́ть verb (to use something incorrectly)

Spanish

2 entries
  • mal uso noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)
  • abusar verb (to abuse or mistreat something or someone)

Volapük

3 entries
  • migeb noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)
  • migebön verb (to use something incorrectly)
  • migebön verb (to abuse or mistreat something or someone)

Walloon

1 entries
  • mezuzance noun (incorrect, improper or unlawful use)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The word lends itself to misuse by beginners.

Source: tatoeba (2724606)

Misuse of prepositions can make a situation hilarious.

Source: tatoeba (3492813)

Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it.

Source: tatoeba (4001046)

Don't misuse this product!

Source: tatoeba (5082821)

Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.

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