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ill-usage

ill-usage noun: bad, cruel or unkind treatment.

Noun

ill-usage (countable and uncountable, plural ill-usages)

  1. bad, cruel or unkind treatment

Forms of ill-usage

pluralill-usages

Questions about ill-usage

What does ill-usage mean?
Ill-usage means bad, cruel or unkind treatment.
What part of speech is ill-usage?
Ill-usage is a noun.
What is the plural of ill-usage?
The plural of ill-usage is ill-usages.

Words near ill-usage in the dictionary

  1. ill-treat
  2. ill-treated
  3. ill-treating
  4. ill-treatment
  5. ill-treats
  6. ill-usage
  7. ill-usages
  8. ill-use
  9. ill-used
  10. ill-uses
  11. ill-using

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