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misuser

misuser noun: a person who misuses something.

Noun

misuser (plural misusers)

  1. A person who misuses something.
    • Wretched misusers of language.c. 1812, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend
    • He said that lessons from the pilots would be carried forward into the plan to dock the benefits of drug misusers who failed to attend for job interviews.2009 February 28, Alan Travis, “Scheme to dock benefits of offenders defaulting on sentences is wound up”, in The Guardian
  2. unlawful use of a right; use in excess of, or varying from, one's right

Forms of misuser

pluralmisusers

Origin of misuser

* from misuse + -er

Questions about misuser

What does misuser mean?
Misuser means a person who misuses something.
What part of speech is misuser?
Misuser is a noun.
What is the plural of misuser?
The plural of misuser is misusers.

Words near misuser in the dictionary

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

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