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verbapply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
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"The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"verbchange the inherent purpose or function of something
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nounimproper or excessive use
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Definition that contains misuse
- extortion unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority)
- foolproof proof against human misuse or error
- goofproof proof against human misuse or error
- malaprop the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
- dilapidate bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
- malapropism the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
- goof-proof proof against human misuse or error