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  1. misusedadjective

    used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose

    "misused words are often laughable but one weeps for misused talents"

    Antonyms:
    used, utilized, utilised, in use

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  1. List of paraphrases for "misused":

    abused, diverted, hijacked, abuse, misappropriated

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#25027diverted
#32397hijacked
#37084misused
#116897misappropriated

How to use Misused in a sentence?

  1. House Democrats:

    This information comes on the heels of reporting that OSC is also looking into Secretary Pompeo's stated commitment to rush out more of Hillary Clinton's emails by Election Day and as the Secretary has misused State Department resources on his speech tour of swing states, as we get closer to both this year's election and Secretary Pompeo own inevitable return to electoral politics, Secretary Pompeo has grown even more brazen in misusing the State Department and the taxpayer dollars that fund State Department as vehicles for the Administration's, and Secretary Pompeo own, political ambitions.

  2. Fortina Harris:

    We've been dogged out, misused, abused and we still need to pay water bills and wash our bodies, we don't get any supplement. No discounts or nothing for buying water. We got to fend for our self.

  3. Adam Bisaga:

    Suboxone is an opioid medication, it can be misused. Some use it intravenously, they inject it, and they have lost control over the medication and are truly addicted. But that's really a small portion of patients. All the evidence shows that this is small.

  4. Tathagata Satpathy:

    It has been showcased as a tool exclusively meant for disbursement of subsidies and we do not realize that it can also be used for mass surveillance, can the government ... assure us that this Aadhaar card and the data that will be collected under it – biometric, biological, iris scan, finger print, everything put together – will not be misused as has been done by the NSA in the U.S.?

  5. Ryan Pack:

    Drugs: All drugs should be illegal, except for the drugs that are prescribed and administered to you in just ways, and no drugs should ever be misused, abused.


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  • سوء الاستعمالArabic

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