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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
misuse

▶verb /mɪsˈjuːz/

1 use wrongly.

2 treat badly or unfairly.

▶noun /mɪsˈjuːs/ the action of misusing something.

– derivatives
misuser noun.

'misuse' also found in these Oxford entries:

abuse - catachresis - sacrilege

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misuse of "as such"
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