Usually means: Using something in an improper way.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word misusing:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. misusing: Merriam-Webster
  2. misusing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. misusing: Vocabulary.com
  4. Misusing, misusing: Wordnik
  5. misusing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. misusing: Wiktionary
  7. misusing: Dictionary.com
  8. misusing: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. misusing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. misusing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. misusing: Legal dictionary

(Note: See misuse as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (misuse)

noun:  An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
verb:  (transitive) To use (something) incorrectly.
verb:  (transitive) To abuse or mistreat (something or someone).
verb:  (transitive) To rape (a woman); later more generally, to sexually abuse (someone).
verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To abuse verbally, to insult.
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