Collocations for "misused"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "misused" in context.
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misuse
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- [banned, barred, kicked out] for misusing the [forum, program, office]
- [treated, hospitalized, counseled] for misusing [drugs, medication]
- misuse a [word, meaning, term]
- misuse your [power, position, privilege]
- misused by [students, visitors, teenagers]
- [commonly, often, frequently, usually] misused by
- [word, term] is [commonly] misused
- [guilty, accused, cleared] of misusing [funds, money, savings]
- [the funds] were misused for [personal, political, uncertain] reasons
- misused in [several, many, various] ways
- misused to [hide, create, get, make]
- misused and [tampered, destroyed, broken, abused]
- misuse of [medication, medicine, drugs, chemicals, substances]
- (the) misuse of [data, information, figures, statistics]
- the misuse by [customers, patients, handlers, caregivers, politicians]
- the misuse of a [phrase, verb, expression, word]
- misuse of [council, public, school] funds
- the [leader's, government's] misuse of power
- [avoid, prevent] the misuse of (prescription) [drugs, medication]
- [dismissed, fired] for the misuse of funds
- misuse led to confusion
- the misuse and abuse of [drugs, medication]
'misused' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):