misuse

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• /mɪsˈjuːs/
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• /mɪsˈjuːz/
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• CMU ARPABET: M IH0 S Y UW1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: M IH0 S Y UW1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From mis- + use (noun).

From mis- + use (verb).

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shpërdoroj — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Bulgarian: злоупотреба (zloupotreba) — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Czech: zneužití — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Danish: misbrug — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Esperanto: misuzo — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Finnish: väärinkäyttö — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• French: mésusage — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• German: Missbrauch — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• German: missbräuchliche Nutzung/Verwendung — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• German: Fehlbedienung — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• German: Fehlgebrauch — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• German: Zweckentfremdung — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Greek: κατάχρηση (katáchrisi) — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Hindi: दुरुपयोग (durupyog) — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Hungarian: visszaélés — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Indonesian: penyalahgunaan — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Italian: abuso — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Kabuverdianu: abuza — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Kabuverdianu: abuzá — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Korean: 오용 (oyong) — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Malay: salah guna — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Malayalam: ദുരുപയോഗം (durupayōgaṁ) — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Norwegian Bokmål: misbruk — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Norwegian Nynorsk: misbruk — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Spanish: mal uso — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Volapük: migeb — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Walloon: mezuzance — incorrect, improper or unlawful use
• Bulgarian: злоупотребявам (zloupotrebjavam) — to use something incorrectly
• Esperanto: misuzi — to use something incorrectly
• Finnish: käyttää väärin — to use something incorrectly
• German: missbrauchen — to use something incorrectly
• German: zweckentfremden — to use something incorrectly
• Indonesian: menyalahgunakan — to use something incorrectly
• Italian: usare impropriamente — to use something incorrectly
• Latin: abūtor — to use something incorrectly
• Russian: злоупотребля́ть (zloupotrebljátʹ) — to use something incorrectly
• Volapük: migebön — to use something incorrectly
• Bulgarian: отнасям се лошо с (otnasjam se lošo s) — to abuse or mistreat something or someone
• Czech: zneužít — to abuse or mistreat something or someone
• Finnish: väärinkäyttää — to abuse or mistreat something or someone
• Finnish: kohdella väärin — to abuse or mistreat something or someone
• German: missbrauchen — to abuse or mistreat something or someone
• Hindi: दुरुपयोग करना (durupyog karnā) — to abuse or mistreat something or someone
• Hungarian: visszaél — to abuse or mistreat something or someone
• Italian: abusare — to abuse or mistreat something or someone
• Māori: raukoti — to abuse or mistreat something or someone
• Spanish: abusar — to abuse or mistreat something or someone
• Volapük: migebön — to abuse or mistreat something or someone
• Bulgarian: блудствам (bludstvam) — to abuse sexually
• Finnish: raiskata — to abuse sexually
• Finnish: väkisinmaata — to abuse sexually
• Finnish: käyttää hyväksi — to abuse sexually
• Italian: abusare — to abuse sexually
• Italian: stuprare — to abuse sexually
• Italian: violentare — to abuse sexually