Synonyms for misused
mis·used

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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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1. Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi:

   There is no systematic torture, and if some cases have been reported, those are the acts of individuals who have misused their authority, and we are fully committed to investigate and arrest those individuals.

2. Geir Joergen Bekkevold:

   While we have noted some improvements, for example in the election law, the advantages of incumbency were still misused, greater equal treatment in law and in fact for all political forces is required for Tajikistan to live up to its democratic commitments.

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. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar:

   If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.

5. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley:

   I have done nothing illegal, if the people want to know if I misused state resources, the answer is simply no, I have not.