misuser

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noun

A person who misuses something.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounmisuser (plural misusers)

plural misusers

  1. A person who misuses something.

    Wretched misusers of language.

    c. 1812, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend
    1 more example

    He said that lessons from the pilots would be carried forward into the plan to dock the benefits of drug misusers who failed to attend for job interviews.

    2009 February 28, Alan Travis, “Scheme to dock benefits of offenders defaulting on sentences is wound up”, in The Guardian
  2. lawunlawful use of a right; use in excess of, or varying from, one's right

Origin

Translations

Finnish väärinkäyttäjä
  • väärinkäyttäjäperson who misuses something
Polish osoba nadużywająca
  • osoba nadużywającaperson who misuses something

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APA

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MLA

“misuser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misuser. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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