Clues for the word "MISUSE"
We've had 50 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 84 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on February 09, 2026.
Definition of misuse
- v. t. - To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents.
- v. t. - To abuse; to treat ill.
- n. - Wrong use; misapplication; erroneous or improper use.
- n. - Violence, or its effects.
Referring Clues
- Treat badly
- Manhandle
- Apply incorrectly
- Dilapidation cause
- Malapropism
- Warranty invalidator
- Embezzle, say
- Faulty application
- Improper application
- Do the wrong thing with
- Hammer with pliers, perhaps
- Ill-treat
- Apply improperly
- Handle wrongly
- Pervert
- Squander, say
- Wrong treatment
- Improper handling
- Operate incorrectly
- Employ incorrectly
- Apply wrongly
- Exploitation
- Handle badly
- Treat badly or harshly
- Brood about one's ill-treatment
- Reflect about one's bad treatment
- Many a complicated issue means waste
- Maltreat
- Is to think about wrongful employment
- Abuse
- Reflect about one's application that's 20
- Put to the wrong purpose
- Treat the wrong way or for the wrong purpose
- Wrong application is filed by brood
- Application to a bad purpose
- Harry, Mark and Susie get hurt
- Butchering of language, e.g.
- Incorrect application
- Inappropriately employ
- Profane Calliope, for one, is taken in
- Ponder about one's ill-treatment
- Handle incorrectly
- Waste a lot, getting Susie upset
- Waste of a letter to Susie, possibly
- Apply badly
- Badly handle a letter to Susie, perhaps
- Is held by a goddess to be improper employment
- Embezzlement, say
- Improper treatment
- Manipulate
Last Seen In
- LA Times - February 09, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - January 05, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - July 28, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - March 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 12, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - December 08, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 30, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - November 06, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - July 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - April 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - January 02, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 27, 2023
- LA Times - August 29, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - August 14, 2023
- Your Life Choices - August 09, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - August 09, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - May 30, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - February 15, 2023
- Your Life Choices - September 30, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - September 13, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - June 30, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - January 24, 2018
- Washington Post Sunday - December 03, 2017
- And in 54 more crossword puzzles...