Usually means: Used incorrectly or inappropriately applied.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. misused: Merriam-Webster
  2. misused: Collins English Dictionary
  3. misused: Vocabulary.com
  4. Misused, misused: Wordnik
  5. misused: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. misused: Wiktionary
  7. misused: Dictionary.com
  8. misused: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. misused: Rhymezone
  10. misused: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. misused: FreeDictionary.org
  12. misused: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. misused: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

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▸ adjective:  Used in an incorrect or inappropriate manner.

Similar:
ill-used, victimized, abused, put-upon, used, exploited, abusive, incorrect, malapplied, misstudied, more...

Types:
overused, abused, exploited, taken for granted, wasted, more...

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Similar:
ill-used, victimized, abused, put-upon, used, exploited, abusive, incorrect, malapplied, misstudied, more...

Types:
overused, abused, exploited, taken for granted, wasted, more...

Colors:
    gray,     black,     red,     brown,     dark green, more...



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