Synonyms for Misuse:

• n.

  •
  • waste,
  • profligacy.
  •
  • fritter away.
  •
  • help.
  •
  • treat well.
  •abuse; wrong application (noun)
  • desecration,
  • injury,
  • profanation,
  • corruption,
  • squandering,
  • solecism,
  • cruel treatment,
  • Misemployment,
  • Abusage,
  • maltreatment,
  • rough handling.
  •act (noun)
  • misuse.
  •barbarism (noun)
  • in-humanities,
  • in-humanity,
  • un civilizednesses,
  • vernacularities,
  • primitive cultures,
  • catachresises,
  • localisms,
  • un-civilizedness,
  • provincialisms,
  • in humanities,
  • in humanity,
  • uncivilizednesses,
  • un-civilizednesses,
  • un civilizedness.
  •consumption (noun)
  • de-creases,
  • de creases,
  • de crease,
  • consumings,
  • de solation,
  • de cays,
  • de-cay,
  • de solations,
  • wear tear,
  • drinkings,
  • de-crease,
  • using ups,
  • de cay,
  • de-solations,
  • de-solation,
  • de-cays.
  •distortion (noun)
  • mis-interpretations,
  • mis interpretation,
  • mis-representation,
  • malconformations,
  • mis shape,
  • in-torsions,
  • in torsion,
  • intorsions,
  • mis interpretations,
  • mis statements,
  • tall stories,
  • mis statement,
  • mis representation,
  • co lorings,
  • co loring,
  • mis shapes,
  • mis-shapes,
  • mis-statements,
  • in-torsion,
  • in torsions,
  • co-loring,
  • mis representations,
  • mis-shape,
  • mis-representations,
  • mis-interpretation,
  • twistednesses,
  • co-lorings.
  •embezzlement (noun)
  • purloinings,
  • pilferings,
  • thievings,
  • filchings.
  •harm (noun)
  • marrings,
  • mis-chance,
  • mis-chiefs,
  • perniciousnesses,
  • sinfulnesses,
  • banefulnesses,
  • dis-services,
  • mis-chances,
  • mis chief,
  • mis fortunes,
  • dis-service,
  • mis chiefs,
  • mis-chief,
  • dis services,
  • noxiousnesses,
  • mis fortune,
  • dis service,
  • mis chance,
  • mis chances,
  • mis-fortunes,
  • deleteriousnesses.
  •mishandling (noun)
  • mis handlings,
  • ill-treatments,
  • mis handling,
  • mis-handling,
  • illtreatment,
  • illtreatments,
  • mis-handlings,
  • ill treatment.
  •mistreatment (noun)
  • mis-treatment,
  • mis treatments,
  • mis-treatments,
  • mis treatment.
  •misusage (noun)
  • mis usage,
  • mis-usages,
  • mis usages,
  • mis-usage.
  •misuse (noun)
  • violation,
  • degradation,
  • Despoiling,
  • debauchery,
  • debasement.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • peculations,
  • distortion,
  • injustice,
  • exploitation,
  • defalcation,
  • abuse,
  • malapropism,
  • deleteriousness,
  • ill treatments,
  • mishandling,
  • catachresis,
  • Misusage,
  • peculation,
  • Malconformation,
  • misapplication,
  • BSS,
  • burnings,
  • tall story,
  • jives,
  • perniciousness,
  • localism,
  • mistreatment,
  • noxiousness,
  • vulgarism,
  • losses,
  • embezzlement,
  • provincialism,
  • Skimmings,
  • in justice,
  • sinfulness,
  • jive,
  • Vernacularism,
  • eating,
  • mutilation,
  • harm,
  • vernacularity,
  • jazz,
  • mis-statement,
  • ill-treatment,
  • using up,
  • mutilations,
  • thieving,
  • twistedness,
  • misappropriation,
  • Intorsion,
  • vernacularisms,
  • primitive culture,
  • malapropisms,
  • barbarism,
  • misstatement,
  • defalcations,
  • uncivilizedness,
  • Banefulness,
  • consumption,
  • inhumanity,
  • larceny.
  •pollution (noun)
  • vitiation,
  • rottenness,
  • greenhouse effect,
  • spoliation,
  • spoliations,
  • soilings.
  •waste (noun)
  • Unthriftiness,
  • wastages,
  • lost opportunity.

• v.

  •abuse (verb)
  • over taxing,
  • mis employing,
  • over work,
  • mis-using,
  • over burden,
  • mis-used,
  • over burdened,
  • bunging up,
  • de-file,
  • de filed,
  • misemploys,
  • mis using,
  • banging up,
  • over-burdening,
  • de-filed,
  • mis-employ,
  • de files,
  • misemployed,
  • over-work,
  • misemploying,
  • mis-employed,
  • over-working,
  • bangs up,
  • over working,
  • bungs up,
  • over burdening,
  • mis employed,
  • de-filing,
  • de filing,
  • over works,
  • over-worked,
  • mis-employing,
  • over taxed,
  • over-tax,
  • over burdens,
  • over tax,
  • mis employs,
  • over-burdened,
  • mis-employs,
  • banged up,
  • de file,
  • over-taxes,
  • over-works,
  • over taxes,
  • roughhoused,
  • over-burdens,
  • over-taxing,
  • mis used,
  • over worked,
  • de-files,
  • over-taxed,
  • mis employ.
  •abuse; apply wrongly (verb)
  • shake up,
  • brutalize,
  • desecrate,
  • mess up,
  • run through,
  • exploit,
  • cut up,
  • wrong,
  • handle roughly,
  • misapply,
  • maul,
  • go through.
  •corrupt (verb)
  • dis graced,
  • de meaning,
  • dis honoring,
  • de-faces,
  • de-based,
  • dis-honor,
  • de means,
  • de compose,
  • de grade,
  • de-spoil,
  • de-mean,
  • de-compose,
  • de face,
  • re duce,
  • de-spoiling,
  • de forms,
  • de-moralizing,
  • under-mined,
  • DE Form,
  • dis figure,
  • dis-honored,
  • de-faced,
  • de-form,
  • de-base,
  • under mined,
  • de-spoiled,
  • de-grades,
  • dis graces,
  • de-moralized,
  • de-composing,
  • de-spoils,
  • de-face,
  • de mean,
  • de-formed,
  • under-mining,
  • dis-gracing,
  • de-moralize,
  • de faces,
  • dis figured,
  • de faced,
  • de-means,
  • de moralizes,
  • de basing,
  • dis-graces,
  • de-grade,
  • dis-figured,
  • de grading,
  • de-basing,
  • re duces,
  • de-forms,
  • dis grace,
  • dis figures,
  • de formed,
  • de-grading,
  • de-composes,
  • de facing,
  • dis-honoring,
  • de based,
  • dis honors,
  • dis honored,
  • de-composed,
  • de moralize,
  • de graded,
  • de forming,
  • de grades,
  • greases palm,
  • dis-figuring,
  • de composes,
  • de moralized,
  • dis honor,
  • dis-figures,
  • de composed,
  • de spoiled,
  • de spoiling,
  • dis-graced,
  • de-forming,
  • de moralizing,
  • de spoil,
  • dis-grace,
  • dis gracing,
  • greased palm,
  • greasing palm,
  • de-facing,
  • re-duce,
  • de composing,
  • under mining,
  • dis figuring,
  • de-meaning,
  • de-graded,
  • re-duces,
  • dis-figure,
  • de base,
  • de-moralizes,
  • de spoils,
  • dis-honors.
  •dissipate (verb)
  • is wasteful with,
  • art wasteful with,
  • indulges oneself,
  • indulging oneself,
  • runs through,
  • being wasteful with,
  • mis-spend,
  • trifled away,
  • are wasteful with,
  • uses up,
  • trifling away,
  • am wasteful with,
  • wast wasteful with,
  • were wasteful with,
  • kissed goodbye,
  • kissing goodbye,
  • was wasteful with,
  • burnt up,
  • mis spent,
  • mis-spent,
  • wert wasteful with,
  • kisses goodbye,
  • indulged oneself,
  • burns up,
  • mis spends,
  • mis spending,
  • trifles away,
  • mis-spends,
  • mis-spending,
  • mis spend.
  •embezzle (verb)
  • puts hand in cookie jar,
  • put hand cookie jar,
  • mis-apply,
  • mis applies,
  • de falcate,
  • putting hand in cookie jar,
  • puts hand till,
  • putting hand till,
  • de falcated,
  • putting hand cookie jar,
  • de-falcate,
  • mis applied,
  • mis-applied,
  • mis apply,
  • put hand till,
  • mis-applies,
  • puts hand in till,
  • mis applying,
  • puts hand cookie jar,
  • putting hand in till,
  • de-falcated,
  • mis-applying.
  •harm (verb)
  • dis-commode,
  • dis-serve,
  • didst violence to,
  • in conveniences,
  • zinged,
  • did violence to,
  • dis-served,
  • dis-commodes,
  • dis-serving,
  • dis commode,
  • doing violence to,
  • in-conveniences,
  • dumping on,
  • dis commodes,
  • doest violence to,
  • doth violence to,
  • doeth violence to,
  • does violence to,
  • dis serve,
  • in commode,
  • dis serving,
  • in-convenience,
  • in-commode,
  • dis serves,
  • dis-serves,
  • dis served,
  • in commodes,
  • dumps on,
  • mucking up,
  • dost violence to,
  • mucks up,
  • in-commodes.
  •ill-treat (verb)
  • ill treat.
  •ill-use (verb)
  • illused,
  • ill use.
  •misappropriate (verb)
  • mis-appropriated,
  • mis appropriated,
  • mis-appropriate,
  • mis-appropriates,
  • mis appropriates,
  • mis appropriating,
  • mis-appropriating,
  • mis appropriate.
  •mishandle (verb)
  • mis-managers,
  • mis manager,
  • mis-manager,
  • mismanagered,
  • mis managers,
  • mis-handle,
  • mismanagering,
  • mis handle.
  •mishandle/mismanage (verb)
  • over-look,
  • makes hash of,
  • mis handles,
  • shoots oneself foot,
  • mis-managed,
  • making a hash of,
  • shot in foot,
  • makes mess of,
  • were inefficient,
  • shooting oneself foot,
  • goofed up,
  • made mess of,
  • mis governs,
  • is incompetent,
  • shooting in foot,
  • makes a mess of,
  • mis-direct,
  • shooting oneself in foot,
  • flubbing,
  • art inefficient,
  • shoots foot,
  • wast incompetent,
  • mis governed,
  • made hash of,
  • over look,
  • shoots in foot,
  • goofing up,
  • over looks,
  • mis-handled,
  • misgoverns,
  • mis manages,
  • mis-govern,
  • mis-directed,
  • shoot oneself foot,
  • mis-manages,
  • shot foot,
  • mis managed,
  • mis-conducting,
  • art incompetent,
  • was incompetent,
  • makes a hash of,
  • shoot foot,
  • mis directing,
  • mis-governing,
  • mis managing,
  • maladministering,
  • putting foot in,
  • wert inefficient,
  • puts foot in,
  • were incompetent,
  • mis conducted,
  • shoot in foot,
  • making mess of,
  • maladministers,
  • mis direct,
  • shoots oneself in foot,
  • shot oneself foot,
  • mis directs,
  • mis-directing,
  • being inefficient,
  • mis-handles,
  • maladministered,
  • being incompetent,
  • is inefficient,
  • mis handled,
  • mis-managing,
  • are inefficient,
  • goofs up,
  • over-looking,
  • mis directed,
  • mis governing,
  • mis-governed,
  • making hash of,
  • mis-manage,
  • mis-conducted,
  • shot oneself in foot,
  • are incompetent,
  • was inefficient,
  • making a mess of,
  • over-looks,
  • mis-directs,
  • mis-governs,
  • shooting foot,
  • mis govern,
  • over looked,
  • wast inefficient,
  • made a hash of,
  • made a mess of,
  • wert incompetent,
  • mis conducting,
  • make mess of,
  • mis manage.
  •mistreat (verb)
  • mis treats,
  • mis treat,
  • handling roughly,
  • gave black eye,
  • didst wrong,
  • mis-treats,
  • mis-treated,
  • pushes around,
  • doest wrong,
  • mis-treating,
  • doeth wrong,
  • doth wrong,
  • handled roughly,
  • gives black eye,
  • mis treated,
  • handles roughly,
  • mis-treat,
  • giving black eye,
  • mis treating,
  • pushed around,
  • dost wrong,
  • kicks around.
  •misuse (verb)
  • degrade,
  • debauch,
  • debase,
  • defile,
  • violate,
  • despoil.
  •molest (verb)
  • dis-placed,
  • inter-feres,
  • dis-organize,
  • dis placing,
  • dis organized,
  • dis-organizing,
  • dis place,
  • dis-organized,
  • dis-place,
  • dis-places,
  • inter fere,
  • dis organizing,
  • dis placed,
  • dis organize,
  • inter feres,
  • inter-fere,
  • dis places,
  • dis-organizes,
  • dis organizes,
  • dis-placing.
  •murder (verb)
  • dusted off,
  • electro-cute,
  • took life,
  • de-stroys,
  • de-feats,
  • de feats,
  • taking life,
  • dis-patched,
  • dis patches,
  • took a life,
  • ex terminating,
  • de-stroying,
  • be heading,
  • dusting off,
  • takes a life,
  • de-capitate,
  • be headed,
  • de-stroyed,
  • de-feat,
  • ex-terminates,
  • dis-patch,
  • de capitate,
  • electro-cutes,
  • blots out,
  • dis-patches,
  • de stroyed,
  • dis patching,
  • be-heads,
  • dusts off,
  • ex terminates,
  • dis patched,
  • takes life,
  • ex terminated,
  • be-headed,
  • ex-terminating,
  • ex terminate,
  • be-heading,
  • ex-terminate,
  • dis patch,
  • taking for a ride,
  • be heads,
  • took for a ride,
  • taking a life,
  • took for ride,
  • de stroy,
  • electro cutes,
  • de-stroy,
  • electro cute,
  • takes for ride,
  • takes for a ride,
  • de feat,
  • ex-terminated,
  • de stroying,
  • dis-patching,
  • de stroys.
  •outrage (verb)
  • reaching boiling point,
  • makes hit the ceiling,
  • kicks up row,
  • in cense,
  • de-flower,
  • de flowers,
  • boiled over,
  • firing up,
  • in-censed,
  • making hit the ceiling,
  • out-rage,
  • kick row,
  • in-censing,
  • out rages,
  • kick a row,
  • de flower,
  • reaches boiling point,
  • kicking up row,
  • de-flowered,
  • making hit ceiling,
  • kicked row,
  • boils over,
  • kicked up a row,
  • de-flowers,
  • kick up row,
  • out raging,
  • made hit the ceiling,
  • in-censes,
  • out-rages,
  • kicking a row,
  • reached boiling point,
  • de flowering,
  • out-raged,
  • de flowered,
  • kicks a row,
  • de-flowering,
  • out rage,
  • in censed,
  • kicked up row,
  • out-raging,
  • in censes,
  • made hit ceiling,
  • in-cense,
  • out raged,
  • kicks up a row,
  • kicks row,
  • kicked a row,
  • makes hit ceiling,
  • kicking row,
  • make hit ceiling,
  • kicking up a row.
  •pervert (verb)
  • mis-represent,
  • mis-represented,
  • mis construed,
  • mis-construing,
  • mis-stated,
  • mis-represents,
  • mis-interprets,
  • mis construe,
  • mis interpreted,
  • mis represent,
  • doctored up,
  • mis-construed,
  • mis-representing,
  • phonying up,
  • mis states,
  • mis-construe,
  • mis-stating,
  • dis tort,
  • mis construing,
  • mis-construes,
  • doctoring up,
  • mis represented,
  • mis interprets,
  • dis torts,
  • mis representing,
  • doctors up,
  • mis state,
  • mis-state,
  • phonied up,
  • dis-torts,
  • phonies up,
  • dis-tort,
  • mis represents,
  • mis stated,
  • mis construes,
  • mis-interpreted,
  • mis-states,
  • mis interpreting.
  •profane (verb)
  • talks dirty,
  • be-fouling,
  • committing sacrilege,
  • being evil,
  • re-vile,
  • were evil,
  • be fouled,
  • be-foul,
  • putting double whammy on,
  • committed sin,
  • be-fouls,
  • be fouling,
  • wert evil,
  • wast evil,
  • talked dirty,
  • pro-fanes,
  • was evil,
  • mudslings,
  • committed sacrilege,
  • am evil,
  • are evil,
  • pro-fane,
  • puts double whammy on,
  • talking dirty,
  • be foul,
  • pro fane,
  • be fouls,
  • is evil,
  • be-fouled,
  • commits sacrilege,
  • pro fanes,
  • mudslinged,
  • committing sin,
  • commits sin,
  • re vile.
  •prostitute (verb)
  • de-valued,
  • de valued,
  • de-value,
  • de-values,
  • de values,
  • de valuing,
  • de-valuing,
  • de value.
  •punish (verb)
  • giving a going over,
  • dis missing,
  • give works,
  • slaps wrist,
  • re-proved,
  • de-frocking,
  • give going over,
  • taught lesson,
  • gave going over,
  • gives works,
  • de frocked,
  • de-frocks,
  • throwing book at,
  • de frocks,
  • attending to,
  • giving works,
  • rapped knuckles,
  • re-proves,
  • rapt knuckles,
  • re-prove,
  • re prove,
  • teaching lesson,
  • gives the works,
  • slapped wrist,
  • re proved,
  • gives going over,
  • attends to,
  • de barring,
  • giving the works,
  • de-bar,
  • teaches a lesson,
  • re proves,
  • dis missed,
  • threw the book at,
  • de bar,
  • de-bars,
  • throwing the book at,
  • gives a going over,
  • dis-missed,
  • teaches lesson,
  • de frocking,
  • taught a lesson,
  • raps knuckles,
  • gave works,
  • de-barring,
  • cracked down on,
  • defrocks,
  • gave a going over,
  • rapping knuckles,
  • dis-missing,
  • de-frocked,
  • de bars,
  • de barred,
  • teach lesson,
  • de frock,
  • threw book at,
  • cracks down on,
  • gave the works,
  • giving going over,
  • de-barred,
  • throws book at,
  • de-frock,
  • slapping wrist,
  • re-proving,
  • teaching a lesson,
  • throws the book at.
  •spend (verb)
  • whiles away,
  • whiling away,
  • de-voting,
  • whiled away,
  • de-vote,
  • de vote,
  • de voting,
  • lets pass,
  • de-voted,
  • de voted,
  • de votes,
  • letting pass,
  • letted pass,
  • de-votes.
  •squander (verb)
  • frivolling,
  • springs for,
  • spending like water,
  • ex pend,
  • being prodigal with,
  • art wasteful,
  • am prodigal with,
  • cashing out,
  • ex-pend,
  • threw money around,
  • wast prodigal with,
  • frivoled,
  • ex-pending,
  • was prodigal with,
  • ex-pends,
  • are prodigal with,
  • wert wasteful,
  • is wasteful,
  • being wasteful,
  • sprung for,
  • frivolled,
  • am wasteful,
  • frivolled away,
  • cashes out,
  • frivoled away,
  • was wasteful,
  • spent like water,
  • ex-pended,
  • were prodigal with,
  • frivols,
  • wert prodigal with,
  • art prodigal with,
  • wast wasteful,
  • are wasteful,
  • prodigalized,
  • cashed out,
  • throwing money around,
  • ex pended,
  • frivolling away,
  • were wasteful,
  • ex pending,
  • spends like water,
  • ex pends,
  • throws money around,
  • prodigalizing,
  • prodigalizes,
  • frivoling away,
  • springing for,
  • frivols away,
  • sprang for,
  • is prodigal with.
  •trifle (verb)
  • plays with,
  • playing with,
  • amusing oneself,
  • fooling with,
  • monkeying with,
  • indulges in,
  • dilly dally,
  • lollygagged,
  • fools with,
  • monkeyed with,
  • futzed around,
  • amused oneself,
  • indulged in,
  • wert insincere,
  • was insincere,
  • messing with,
  • winking at,
  • are insincere,
  • art insincere,
  • monkeys with,
  • fribbles,
  • plays games with,
  • futzes around,
  • winks at,
  • indulging in,
  • messes with,
  • fribbled,
  • futzing around,
  • is insincere,
  • were insincere,
  • amuses oneself,
  • wast insincere,
  • played games with,
  • being insincere,
  • playing games with,
  • fooled with,
  • messed with.
  •waste (verb)
  • pouring down drain,
  • pours down the drain,
  • de clines,
  • de-creasing,
  • de-clines,
  • dis appeared,
  • dis-appeared,
  • ran dry,
  • gambling away,
  • dis-appears,
  • am of no avail,
  • is of no avail,
  • running dry,
  • art of no avail,
  • dis appear,
  • going to waste,
  • gambles away,
  • de creasing,
  • went to waste,
  • de cline,
  • poured down the drain,
  • dis-appear,
  • dis appearing,
  • am no avail,
  • pours down drain,
  • was no avail,
  • is no avail,
  • goes waste,
  • were no avail,
  • dis appears,
  • de-creased,
  • being no avail,
  • goes to waste,
  • wert no avail,
  • was of no avail,
  • being of no avail,
  • going waste,
  • de creased,
  • runs dry,
  • wast no avail,
  • be no avail,
  • pouring down the drain,
  • go waste,
  • ate away,
  • pour down drain,
  • gambled away,
  • de-cline,
  • art no avail,
  • went waste,
  • dis-appearing,
  • wast of no avail,
  • wert of no avail,
  • poured down drain,
  • were of no avail.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dissipation,
  • hog,
  • overuse,
  • black hole,
  • piddle away,
  • overwork,
  • wastage,
  • throw away,
  • prostitution,
  • misspend,
  • chuck away.
  •
  • perversion,
  • mishandle,
  • wear out,
  • blow.
  •
  • lose.
  •contamination
  • pollution.
  •kill
  • murder.
  •mishandle
  • mismanagers,
  • Mismanager.
  •mistreat
  • kicking around,
  • kick around,
  • push around,
  • knock around,
  • pushing around,
  • Trashed,
  • give black eye,
  • doing wrong,
  • kicked around,
  • does wrong,
  • did wrong,
  • do wrong.
  •Other relevant words:
  • filch,
  • indulge oneself,
  • mucked up,
  • take life,
  • muff,
  • took out,
  • mudsling,
  • Tars,
  • corrupt,
  • HOSED,
  • fire up,
  • pervert,
  • frivol away,
  • put in,
  • put hand in cookie jar,
  • dumped on,
  • warp,
  • loot,
  • Dilapidating,
  • burning up,
  • exhaust,
  • misgoverning,
  • cash out,
  • blotting out,
  • make hit the ceiling,
  • ruin,
  • lynching,
  • bung up,
  • ill-treat,
  • Misgoverned,
  • blotted out,
  • voodooing,
  • illuse,
  • ravaged,
  • garotte,
  • make a hash of,
  • misdirect,
  • offing,
  • throw money around,
  • garotting,
  • be prodigal with,
  • burn up,
  • flubbed,
  • shoot oneself in foot,
  • take a life,
  • dump on,
  • voodooed,
  • dust off,
  • misgovern,
  • mar,
  • Tarred,
  • tar,
  • misdirects,
  • embezzle,
  • squander,
  • garottes,
  • Viced,
  • Misemploy,
  • Vicing,
  • misconducting,
  • overtaxing,
  • be evil,
  • make hash of,
  • Illtreat,
  • Idled,
  • be wasteful with,
  • maltreat,
  • put double whammy on,
  • misappropriate,
  • infect,
  • be wasteful,
  • commit sacrilege,
  • spoil,
  • commit sin,
  • defalcates,
  • use up,
  • reach boiling point,
  • let pass,
  • overburdened,
  • put foot in,
  • rotted,
  • boiling over,
  • dilapidate,
  • be incompetent,
  • spend,
  • hosing,
  • frivoling,
  • ill-use,
  • pollute,
  • misconducted,
  • fires up,
  • Thieves,
  • Misapplied,
  • while away,
  • make a mess of,
  • prostitute,
  • frivol,
  • roughhousing,
  • spoils,
  • taking out,
  • dilapidates,
  • maladminister,
  • putting in,
  • bunged up,
  • molest,
  • wrenching,
  • take for ride,
  • blot out,
  • outrage,
  • put hand in till,
  • overtaxes,
  • talk dirty,
  • boil over,
  • vandalize,
  • be inefficient,
  • misdirected,
  • murdered,
  • puts in,
  • over-wrought,
  • snuff,
  • overtaxed,
  • Defalcating,
  • taking for ride,
  • dissipate,
  • roughhouse,
  • punish,
  • trifle away,
  • offed,
  • kick up a row,
  • grease palm,
  • overtax,
  • mistreat,
  • burned up,
  • spoilt,
  • Tarring,
  • profane,
  • zinging,
  • do violence to,
  • over-burden,
  • Winging,
  • OFFS,
  • spring for,
  • muck up,
  • Defalcated,
  • kiss goodbye,
  • bang up,
  • spend like water,
  • Prodigalize,
  • goof up,
  • misdirecting,
  • take for a ride,
  • trifle,
  • defalcate,
  • garotted,
  • used up.
  •pervert
  • salting,
  • salted,
  • phony up,
  • misstate,
  • doctor up.
  •punish
  • defrocking,
  • throw the book at,
  • defrock,
  • slap wrist,
  • rap knuckles,
  • defrocked,
  • give the works,
  • disciplined,
  • knock about,
  • throw book at,
  • attend to,
  • give a going over,
  • attended to,
  • cracking down on,
  • teach a lesson,
  • crack down on,
  • Disciplining.
  •trifle
  • futz around,
  • Pottered,
  • amuse oneself,
  • Wantoning,
  • potters,
  • Trifled,
  • wink at,
  • Wantoned,
  • lollygagging,
  • play with,
  • played with,
  • mess with,
  • Pottering,
  • lollygag,
  • lead on,
  • fool with,
  • indulge in,
  • leads on,
  • Fribbling,
  • Fribble,
  • potter,
  • lollygags,
  • be insincere,
  • play games with,
  • monkey with,
  • led on,
  • trifling.
  •waste
  • gamble away,
  • pour down the drain,
  • Emaciating,
  • eating away,
  • atrophying,
  • eats away,
  • eat away,
  • run dry,
  • atrophied,
  • emaciate,
  • go to waste,
  • be of no avail,
  • emaciates.

Paraphrases for Misuse:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    abuse, abuses.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    abuse.
  • Verb, past tense
    abused, abuse, abuses.
  • Verb, past participle
    abused.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    abuse, abuses.
  • Verb, base form
    abuse.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    use, uses.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    use.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    uses.
  • Verb, base form
    use.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    abusers.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    misdirection, mismanagement, exploitation, malfeasance, malpractice, misconduct, utilization, improper, mistreatment, circumvention, addiction, manipulation, squandering, ill-treatment, wastefulness.
  • Verb, base form
    exploit, squander, divert.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    misappropriation, diversion.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    misapplication, embezzlement, overuse, misappropriation, diversion.

Antonyms for Misuse:

• n.

  • abuse; wrong application
    praise.
  • Other antonyms:
    sustain, regard, favor, conserve, applaud, utilization, uphold, Panegyrize, application, use, benefit, cherish, eulogize, consider, respect, extol, tend, employment, shield, vindicate, care for, laud.

• v.

  • abuse; apply wrongly
    protect, guard, please, save, hoard, make happy, use correctly, assist.

Homophones for Misuse:

• moxie, mc, miss, musquash, mnemonic, maize, mesh, mica, mooch, mahagua, mask, meshuga, msec, mezzo, mako, much as, muzhik, manic, mimic, missy, Meno Mosso, meninx, mensch, meshugge, manage, monkish, manis, maxi, mayaca, moke, mess, mansi, maniac, messiah, MEK, minimum wage, mash, massasauga, masque, momos, monaco, mezuzah, menses, mickey, mix, Magha, mays, momus, mock, Mimamsa, moscow, mnemonics, meek, ming, mucky, mg, mucous, muggy, muggee, mach, masses, munj, magic, make way, mesozoic, mongo, muzjik, mousey, moss, maquis, meuse, macao, mussy, moses, miscue, miosis, meniscus, macaque, mange, maguey, menace, moschus, monecious, mohawk, mews, mushy, mesic, monegasque, maikoa, messy, menage, muzzy, mayonnaise, Minimus, Micah, Minnie Mouse, make, mack, mace, mawkish, minge, max, mangy, minos, mimosa, mosaic, menziesia, mojo, meninges, mossy, meshugaas, MAK, musci, myaceae, mangey, mishegoss, much, mosey, moaning, meiosis, misgauge, message, manna ash, mashi, monkey, monk, MCIA, musgu, maja, muse, moussaka, Monoicous, munch, missus, mensh, meaning, missis, music, mucus, mazy, mass, mayeng, mug, myosis, moksa, Ms., musca, musk hog, mucosa, mahuang, msc, minkowski, mx, majagua, mongoose, mimosaceae, musk ox, minx, musa, macau, mac, mimus, manioc, muss, manus, mosh, monas, mung, mycosis, mayacaceae, mouse, mush, magic eye, mishegaas, musaceae, Micheas, maze, magi, man jack, miwok, macho, mniaceae, mesua, msg, mysis, Micaceous, mezuza, manx, mesa, mensa, masai, mummichog, munjuk, mujik, minimize, minsk, mocha, mingy, ms, muck, mining, mousse, mcg, mimesis, musky, minacious, Massawa, mhz, manioca, moneses, munja, minimise, messuage, mecca, musgoi, mus, masa, macaw, mike, masse, myg, meq, meg, massage, Manes, mango, men's, monish, monoecious, manky, meshugga, Manichee, myiasis, munich, make hay, musk, mick, muskogee, MKO, Mauna Kea, means, manque, mag, mannish, mashie, monomaniac, manchu, mm hg, mousy, muncie, masseuse, mince, mexico, managua, mink, msasa, moose, msh, minus, magh, macaca, mucose, manse, magus, mwanza, mons, moujik, meanness, moo-cow, mosque.

Hypernym for Misuse:

• n.

  • act
    drug abuse, substance abuse, habit.

Hyponym for Misuse:

• n.

  • act
    use, exercise, employment, usage, utilization, utilisation.