ill-use
verb (used with object)
to treat badly, unjustly, cruelly, etc.
has ill-used
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present perfectof ill-use (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It turns out, though, that she is more concerned with gaining revenge: the other sex, she feels, has ill-used her.
From Time Magazine Archive
She—she knows she has ill-used me: and yet I can't forget she, for the life of me!
From Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' by John Wight
"Who has ill-used him, you girl?" said Steerforth.
From Ten Boys from Dickens by George Alfred Williams
He has misunderstood me and has ill-used me.
From Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope
We take a scunner at the place that has ill-used us.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
