Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that misuses.
- noun Law The use of the powers conferred upon a corporation in an unlawful manner or in contravention of its established purpose.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who misuses; one who uses incorrectly.
- noun In law, abuse of any liberty or benefit such as may cause its forfeiture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who misuses.
- noun (Law) Unlawful use of a right; use in excess of, or varying from, one's right.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
misuses something. - noun law
unlawful use of aright ; use in excess of, or varying from, one's right
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Examples
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So give the next apostrophe misuser you encounter a break; they just might be the next John L. Magee.
Senatorial abuse and apostrophe misuse « Motivated Grammar 2009
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However, this is simply not what typically happens: according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the average Oxycontin misuser (some 90%) has also taken cocaine and psychedelics.
Maia Szalavitz: The Media's Not Telling the Whole Oxycontin Story 2008
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In this case, the word is “adjacent,” and the misuser of that word is my optometrist.
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In this case, the word is “adjacent,” and the misuser of that word is my optometrist.
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Prahlada said, 'How doth that misuser of his tongue suffer, O Sudhanwan, who answereth not truly but falsely, a question that is put to him?
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Even in redressing this wrong we must be observant of law; and therefore if it should be found that those who are doing this can plead thirty years 'prescription, they must be bought off, but the misuser must cease.
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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If they did not accept them, the issuance of such notes by them, not only subjects the officers to the penalties against unauthorized banking, but is a misuser, and also works a forfeiture.
Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi, December Session of 1862, and November Session of 1863 Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives 1862
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I must admit to being a chronic misuser of the snooze button.
LinuxChix aggregator 2010
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I must admit to being a chronic misuser of the snooze button.
LinuxChix aggregator 2010
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I must admit to being a chronic misuser of the snooze button.
LinuxChix aggregator 2010
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