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"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"word": "abuza"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"word": "abuzá"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "durupayōgaṁ",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"word": "ദുരുപയോഗം"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "misbruk"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "misbruk"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mal uso"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"word": "migeb"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "incorrect, improper or unlawful use",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mezuzance"
}
],
"word": "misuse"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English heteronyms",
"English lemmas",
"English terms prefixed with mis-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/uːz",
"Rhymes:English/uːz/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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"2": "mis-",
"3": "use"
},
"expansion": "mis- + use",
"name": "affix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "verb"
},
"expansion": "(verb)",
"name": "gloss"
}
],
"etymology_text": "mis- + use (verb)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "misuses",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "misusing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "misused",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "misused",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "misust",
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"obsolete",
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "misust",
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {
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"past2_qual": "obsolete"
},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To use (something) incorrectly."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To use (something) incorrectly."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To abuse or mistreat (something or someone)."
],
"links": [
[
"abuse",
"abuse"
],
[
"mistreat",
"mistreat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To abuse or mistreat (something or someone)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 326",
"text": "If that is true she would be the first case I have ever heard of, as most female captives are misused by the entire tribe.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To rape (a woman); later more generally, to sexually abuse (someone)."
],
"links": [
[
"rape",
"rape"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To rape (a woman); later more generally, to sexually abuse (someone)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To abuse verbally, to insult."
],
"links": [
[
"abuse",
"abuse"
],
[
"insult",
"insult"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, transitive) To abuse verbally, to insult."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mɪsˈjuːz/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːz"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misuse2.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/51/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-misuse2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-misuse2.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/51/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-misuse2.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-misuse2.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zloupotrebjavam",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "злоупотребявам"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "misuzi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "käyttää väärin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "missbrauchen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "zweckentfremden"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "menyalahgunakan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "usare impropriamente"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "abūtor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zloupotrebljátʹ",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "злоупотребля́ть"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to use something incorrectly",
"word": "migebön"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otnasjam se lošo s",
"sense": "to abuse or mistreat something or someone",
"word": "отнасям се лошо с"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to abuse or mistreat something or someone",
"word": "zneužít"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "a thing",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to abuse or mistreat something or someone",
"word": "väärinkäyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "a person",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to abuse or mistreat something or someone",
"word": "kohdella väärin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to abuse or mistreat something or someone",
"word": "missbrauchen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to abuse or mistreat something or someone",
"word": "abusare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to abuse or mistreat something or someone",
"word": "raukoti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to abuse or mistreat something or someone",
"word": "abusar"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "to abuse or mistreat something or someone",
"word": "migebön"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bludstvam",
"sense": "to abuse sexually",
"word": "блудствам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to abuse sexually",
"word": "raiskata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "to rape",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to abuse sexually",
"word": "väkisinmaata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "to abuse sexually, e.g. a minor",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to abuse sexually",
"word": "käyttää hyväksi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to abuse sexually",
"word": "abusare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to abuse sexually",
"word": "stuprare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to abuse sexually",
"word": "violentare"
}
],
"word": "misuse"
}
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