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misuse

/mɪsˈjuːz/

US pronunciation

American sound/mɪsˈjuːz/

mɪsˈjuːz

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

mɪs - ˈjuːz -> misuse

Myanmar meaning

(v) တလွဲသုံးသည်။ အလွဲသုံးစားပြုသည်။ မတရားခိုင်းသည်။ အလွဲသုံးစားမှု။ တလွဲအသုံးပြုခြင်း။

Full entry

misuse /mÇs'ju:z / v

၁။ တလွဲသုံးသည်။ အလွဲသုံးစားပြုသည်။ misuse a word/ an expression ❍ misuse alcohol/ public funds.
၂။ မတရားခိုင်းသည်။ The company has misused and taken advantage of me. Compare ABUSE v ၂(က)
/mÇs'ju:s / n [U,C] အလွဲသုံးစားမှု။ တလွဲအသုံးပြုခြင်း။ the misuse of power/ authority ❍ drug misuse.

More examples

Laws to prevent computer misuse
[misuse of] : It was a clear misuse of the word.

Synonyms

mistreatment, abuse, exploitation, maltreatment, mishandling, abusage, barbarism, blow, brutalize, catachresis, corrupt, corruption, cruel treatment, cut up, desecrate, desecration, dissipate, dissipation, exploit, go through, handle roughly, harm, ill use, ill-treat, ill-treatment, ill-use, injury, knock around, malapropism, maltreat, maul, mess up, misapplication, misapply, misappropriate, misappropriation, misemploy, misemployment, mishandle, mismanage, mismanagement, mistreat, misusage, molest, outrage, perversion, pervert, profanation, profane, prostitute, prostitution, rough handling, rough up, run through, shake up, solecism, squander, squandering, waste, wrong

Antonyms

assist, cherish, guard, hoard, make happy, please, praise, protect, save, use correctly

Cross references

mistreatment abuse exploitation maltreatment mishandling abusage barbarism blow brutalize catachresis corrupt corruption cruel treatment cut up desecrate desecration dissipate dissipation exploit go through handle roughly harm ill use ill-treat ill-treatment ill-use injury knock around

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