misusage
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Origin of 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
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
No soul, save thine, but pities our misusage.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 by Various
In such effulgences of luxury and scenic grandeur, how sad an attendant is Black Care,—nay foul misusage, not to be borne by human nature!
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 07 by Carlyle, Thomas
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