misusage
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Origin of misusage
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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
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 Thomas Carlyle
He had been grossly misused on the occasion, and had escaped from such misusage by the only means in his power.
From Mr. Scarborough's Family by Anthony Trollope
Misuse -- N. misuse, misusage, misemployment†, misapplication, misappropriation. abuse, profanation, prostitution, desecration; waste &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
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