Usually means: Incorrect or inappropriate use; abuse.
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  1. misusage: Merriam-Webster
  2. misusage: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. misusage: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. misusage: Collins English Dictionary
  5. misusage: Wordnik
  6. misusage: Wiktionary
  7. misusage: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. misusage: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. misusage: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Misusage, misusage: Dictionary.com
  11. Misusage: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. misusage: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Misusage: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. misusage: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. misusage: FreeDictionary.org
  16. misusage: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. misusage: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (misusage)

▸ noun:  Improper usage (especially of words).
▸ noun:  Abuse; improper handling or treatment.

Similar:
misuse, misapplication, misutilization, mishandle, misemployment, miswording, abuse, mispurpose, useage, misphrasing, more...

Opposite:
proper usage, correct usage, appropriate usage

Adjectives:
petty, common, such, debasing, owne, flagrant, frightfulest, feminine, own, general, foul

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Similar:
misuse, misapplication, misutilization, mishandle, misemployment, miswording, abuse, mispurpose, useage, misphrasing, more...

Opposite:
proper usage, correct usage, appropriate usage

Adjectives:
petty, common, such, debasing, owne, flagrant, frightfulest, feminine, own, general, foul



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