Usually means: Treated unfairly or with disrespect.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word ill-used:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. ill-used: Merriam-Webster
  2. ill-used, ill-used: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ill-used: Vocabulary.com
  4. ill-used: Wordnik
  5. ill-used: Wiktionary
  6. Ill-used, ill-used: Dictionary.com
  7. Ill-used: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. ill-used: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. ill-used: Rhymezone
  10. Ill-used: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. ill-used: FreeDictionary.org
  12. ill-used: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. ill-used: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ill-used: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ill-used)

▸ adjective:  (chiefly of persons) Having been treated badly.

Similar:
victimized, misused, put-upon, used, exploited, illbred, ill-mannered, ill-famed, misaffected, dishonored, more...

Opposite:
well-used, well-treated, well-maintained

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Similar:
victimized, misused, put-upon, used, exploited, illbred, ill-mannered, ill-famed, misaffected, dishonored, more...

Opposite:
well-used, well-treated, well-maintained



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