ill-use
verb (used with object)
to treat badly, unjustly, cruelly, etc.
are ill-using
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present progressiveof ill-use.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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You look very melancholy," said he, "and you are ill-using your glass.
From The Devil's Pool by Jane Minot Sedgwick
