How to spell misuse

Misuse is spelled M-I-S-U-S-E.

hear itmis·use/mةھs'juz/verbPrefixes and work

What it means: To treat or apply something in the wrong way.

In a sentence: Sometimes people misuse paint by putting it on walls at school.

Same family: misused, misusing, misuse (noun), abuse, overuse. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The prefix "mis-" comes from Old English and Old French, meaning "wrongly" or "badly," so "misuse" literally means "to use wrongly." The root "use" traces back to Latin "usus," meaning "use" or "practice," which also gives us words like "usual" and "utility."

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