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Example sentences for "misuse"

Lexicographically close words:
misunderstand; misunderstanding; misunderstandings; misunderstands; misunderstood; misused; misuses; misusing; miswritten; mit
  1. Ingestive causation is a sufficiently fit designation for all errors of diet, as well as misuse of medicines, and poisoning.

  2. On the subject of poisons and of misuse of medicines we have no occasion here to make special remark.

  3. We must, however, guard against misuse of Bergson, particularly such misuse of him as that made in another sphere, by the Syndicalists.

  4. The prince shuddered at the thought that he might be rushing into some unknown danger, and intrusting himself to those who would misuse his confidence.

  5. It could do no harm to appeal to the prince's conscience to lead an honorable life, and direct his thoughts more to study than to love, but you shall not make a hypocrite of him and misuse his natural good-nature.

  6. So, life is meant for discipline, and unless we use it for that, however much enjoyment we get out of it, we misuse it.

  7. He who lacks them will misuse his gifts and mar his life, and the more splendid his endowments and the higher his position, the more conspicuous will be his ruin and the heavier his guilt.

  8. God glares has incapacitated himself, by his misuse of his powers and of God's world, from seeing the beauty of the love of the Father of us all, the righteous Father who in Christ loves every man.

  9. Wieland was indignant at this misuse of his name and repudiated all connection with this “new translation.

  10. In the second edition of the first volume the author confesses that the title only is derived from Yorick,[36] and states that he was forced to this misuse because no one at that time cared to read anything but “Empfindsame Reisen.

  11. Nor, except for the inappropriate exhibition of learning and the strange misuse of poetical (at least of verse) allegory, can he be said to be eminently characteristic of his own time.

  12. There was little or no opportunity for any such use or misuse in the infant vernaculars; there was abundant opportunity in literary Latin.

  13. I remember that Mother cried a good deal at the wedding, and told John that he had stolen her darling and that he must never misuse me or beat me.

  14. If one judged by definitions given in dictionaries it would probably be a misuse of language to say that Lady Ellington "played" bridge.

  15. The flaws there had been in them she momentarily deplored; they might obviously have been better, else they would not have failed, but to deposit even a regret over them was mere misuse of time.

  16. Here, as before at Belmont, there was the same violation of the white flag, with, superadded, gross misuse of the red cross flag.

  17. To call this will even "prevailing" would be a misuse of language, since there is no other will for it to prevail against.

  18. He has endowed us with intelligence whereby to {96} discover His laws, and with freedom to obey or disobey them: the use or misuse of that freedom rests with ourselves.

  19. The days of the seeking of mere party advantage through the misuse of public power are drawing to a close.

  20. It must, however, be recognized that when an enterprise of this character is extended over more than three thousand counties throughout the nation, there may be occasional instances of inefficiency, bad management, or misuse of funds.

  21. Yet even there, how liable is Prejudice to misuse it?

  22. A more grotesque misuse of punctuation I do not know, and I have struck out a large number of these points, not only because they were unmeaning, but also because, to a modern reader, they were irritating in the highest degree.

  23. From the illustrations referred to, a boy is likely to draw conclusions regarding the vital importance of the functions of the testicles and regarding any possible misuse of them.

  24. Since, however, certain philosophers misuse the truth in order to assail the faith, the Apostle says (Col.

  25. First, with regard to the woman, with whom a man has connection, by reason of due honor not being paid to her; and thus there is incest, which consists in the misuse of a woman who is related by consanguinity or affinity.

  26. Were the misuse of the word confined to such cases, however, it might not be worthy of notice in "N.

  27. But--and this is the important thing about it--he did not know how to misuse it successfully.

  28. Received into the Church, Aubrey Beardsley repented bitterly his misuse of his talents, and plead with his friends to destroy all his immoral drawings, of which he was now thoroughly ashamed.

  29. In addition, we have to reckon with dangers to physical health; among these we have the direct consequences of premature misuse of the genital organs, and, above all, the danger of venereal infection.

  30. Looked at in this light, lying is not sinful per se, but simply becomes sinful by its misuse or untimeliness; for if it be sinful per se, no temporary or material advantage from its exercise could ever make it other than sinful.

  31. Concealment, so far from being in itself a sin, is in itself right; it is only in its misuse that it becomes reprehensible in a given case.

  32. He defines a lie as "the unloving misuse of speech (or of other recognized means of communication) to the intentional deception of our neighbor.

  33. Notwithstanding all misuse of the doctrine--“the very perfection of Christianity is Pure Love.

  34. But the garbled story, with its misuse of the word "outrage," reached a district in Cape Colony where it did no little mischief in fanning the flames of animosity and rebellion.

  35. This, then, will show that there is no objection to be urged, in its true sense, against the phrase cost of production, arising from its misuse in the common language of business.


  36. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "misuse" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abuse; adulterate; alloy; appliance; application; barbarism; bias; bleed; canker; cheapen; color; confound; consumption; contaminate; conversion; convert; corrupt; corruption; damage; debase; debauch; defalcation; defile; degenerate; degrade; deprave; dereliction; desecrate; desecration; despoil; distort; diversion; divert; drain; embezzle; embezzlement; employ; employment; erratum; error; exercise; exertion; exploit; failure; fault; festering; foul; harm; hurt; impose; imposition; infect; infection; injure; malfeasance; malodorous; malpractice; manipulate; milk; misapplication; misapply; misapprehension; misappropriation; miscalculation; miscarriage; misconception; misconduct; misconstruction; misconstrue; misdirect; misdirection; mishandling; misinterpret; misinterpretation; misjudgment; mismanagement; misprint; misquote; misread; misrepresent; misrepresentation; misstatement; mistake; mistreat; misunderstanding; misuse; perversion; pervert; pilfer; pilfering; play; poison; poisoning; pollute; pollution; profanation; profane; prostitute; prostitution; ravage; ravish; sacrilege; slant; slanting; strain; straining; stroke; taint; torture; torturing; twist; typo; usage; use; varnish; vilify; violate; violation; vitiate; vulgarize; warp