ill-use
verb (used with object)
to treat badly, unjustly, cruelly, etc.
has been ill-using
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present perfect progressiveof ill-use (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Well, who is this somebody, and who has been ill-using him?
From The Open Door, and the Portrait. Stories of the Seen and the Unseen. by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
