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misused

/mɪsˈjuːzd/

misused adjective: used in an incorrect or inappropriate manner. Also the simple past and past participle of misuse.

Adjective

misused

  1. Used in an incorrect or inappropriate manner.
    • The oft misused word didn't mean what he thought it meant, but everyone else misunderstood it too.

Also used as

misused is also the simple past and past participle of misuse.

misused meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Kannada and Punjabi

misused in Tamil

தவறாகப் பயன்படுத்தப்பட்டது, தவறாகப் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது

misused in Marathi

गैरवापर केला

misused in Kannada

ದುರ್ಬಳಕೆಗೊಂಡಿದೆ

misused in Punjabi

ਦੁਰਵਰਤੋਂ ਕੀਤੀ

Questions about misused

What does misused mean?
Misused means used in an incorrect or inappropriate manner.
What is misused in Tamil?
Misused in Tamil is தவறாகப் பயன்படுத்தப்பட்டது, தவறாகப் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது. See Misused meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is misused?
Misused is an adjective.
How do you pronounce misused?
Misused is pronounced /mɪsˈjuːzd/.

Words near misused in the dictionary

  1. Misuracas
  2. Misurata
  3. misusage
  4. misusages
  5. misuse
  6. misused
  7. misusement
  8. misuser
  9. misusers
  10. misuses
  11. misusest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misused (page history and authors); misused (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misused (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misused (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misused (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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