misusage

Example Sentences

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This misusage is now ubiquitous in reporting about the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, but the media have been abusing it for decades in all manner of contexts.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2020

And if enough people misuse a term for long enough, the misusage becomes usage.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2014

Misuse -- N. misuse, misusage, misemployment†, misapplication, misappropriation. abuse, profanation, prostitution, desecration; waste &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

No soul, save thine, but pities our misusage.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 by Various

The tears start from his eyes, his throat rebels at its misusage, his big red handkerchief comes out.

From David Lockwin—The People's Idol by McGovern, John