as in abuse
incorrect or improper use
the warranty for this dryer is null and void if you subject the product to deliberate misuse
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as in to abuse
to put to a bad or improper use
an actor who misused his considerable talent by appearing in too many lousy movies
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as in to bully
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon
sadly misused by the people he had trusted
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Recent Examples of misuse
Pieter Danhieux, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
OpenAI claims this means its use of deliberative alignment and instruction hierarchy will prevent serious misuse of the open models.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025
Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2025
In a separate case that July, Hoffa was convicted on three counts of fraud and one count of conspiracy for misusing nearly $2 million from Teamsters' pension funds.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 30 July 2025
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Noun
Among those threats are memory poisoning and tool misuse resulting from the integration of agent memory and tools.
—Pieter Danhieux, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
OpenAI claims this means its use of deliberative alignment and instruction hierarchy will prevent serious misuse of the open models.
—Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
The department pursued legal action against one nonprofit and four individuals related to former Overland Park police officers accused of misusing police charity funds, according to documents obtained through the Kansas Open Records Act.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2025
In a separate case that July, Hoffa was convicted on three counts of fraud and one count of conspiracy for misusing nearly $2 million from Teamsters' pension funds.
—Jessica Sager, People.com, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misuse
abuse
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What protections are there from abuse of these cameras?—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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His death represents not only vengeance for Marta but also the silencing of someone who could have fully exposed the network of abuse.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Misuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misuse. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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