ill-usage

noun

Definition of ill-usagenext
as in mistreatment

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  1. mistreatment
  2. ill-treatment
  3. maltreatment
  4. mismanagement
Noun
  • With no indication that the officers have learned from their mistreatment of her husband, Rebekah can’t shake the feeling that her family won’t be the only ones to fall victim to this kind of injustice.
    — Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
  • But in Lizzie’s case, much of the mistreatment the series uses to explain that violence has been invented.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of mistreatment
Noun
  • Officers understood that a move against Maduro without clear guarantees of immunity meant risking imprisonment, torture, confiscation of assets, and the ill-treatment of their families.
    — Bobby Ghosh, Time, 3 Jan. 2026
  • On the stand, Nash testified to Combs’ ill-treatment Fine during the years he was employed.
    — DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Definition of ill-treatment
Noun
  • The program is linked to a 32% drop in infant maltreatment reports, which represents a massive prevention of child welfare involvement.
    — Mona Hanna, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The maltreatment eventually led her to run away, later re-entering foster care.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Definition of maltreatment
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  • He was hired by Italy’s Agnelli family to run Fiat in 2004 when, due to previous mismanagement and the recession, few in the auto industry believed it could be saved.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Earlier demonstrations erupted over mismanagement of a string of public examinations, and broader youth disenchantment with the authorities.
    — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of mismanagement
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“Ill-usage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ill-usage. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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