Words and phrases that have a meaning related to misuse: (135 results)
Often used in the same context:
misappropriation, abuse, misusage, pilferage, misspending, use, misapplication, mishandling, falsification, mismanagement, theft, overuse, wastage, breaches, usurpation, misallocation, malfeasance, misconduct, misinterpretation, embezzlement, defalcation, maladministration, fraud, dishonesty, misrepresentation, insensitiveness, misplacement, malpractices, perversion, irregularities, misbehavior, adulteration, illegality, violation, misdealing, circumvention, amassment, carelessness, vandalism, thievery, profiteering, corruption, malversation, manipulation, illicit, illegalities, impropriety, evasion, desecration, nepotism, victimization, wrongdoings, proliferation, tampering, corruptness, infringement, concealments, inefficiency, snooping, confiscation, usage, leakage, unscrupulousness, exploitation, inadequacy, overcharging, negligence, squandermania, forgery, identity theft, mischief, unseemliness, scams, hoarding, misfeasance, misdeeds, rampancy, nonuse, barratry, intrusion, rowdyism, cheating, criminality, misclassification, promiscuity, fraudulence, criminalization, filching, highhandedness, defacement, misdoing, biopiracy, black marketeering, underhandedness, briberies, harassment, abusers, mulcting, deceitfulness, unaccountability, monopolisation, miseducation, misunderstanding, infringements, misunderstandings, neglect, disobedience, insubordination, misreading, misrepresentations, misapprehension, miscarriages
More specific:
drug abuse, fracture, habit, substance abuse, take in vain
Appears in the definition of:
dilapidate, extortion, foolproof, goof-proof, goofproof, malaprop, malapropism
More general:
Also try:apply, employ, employment, exercise, expend, utilisation, utilise, utilization, utilize
— Adjectives for misuse: such, possible, potential, gross, common, alleged, frequent, deliberate, widespread, sexual, political, more...
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