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misuses

misuses is the plural of misuse.

misuses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misuse.

Meaning of misuse

Noun

misuse (countable and uncountable, plural misuses)

  1. An incorrect, improper or unlawful use of something.
    • The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold.2012 June 4, Lewis Smith, “Queen’s English Society says enuf is enough, innit?: Society formed 40 years ago to protect language against poor spelling and grammar closes because too few people care”...

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Questions about misuses

What is misuses the plural of?
Misuses is the plural of misuse.

Words near misuses in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misuses (page history and authors); misuse (page history and authors). 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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