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Misuse Roget’s Thesaurus §679

N. misuse, misusage, misemployment, # misapplication, misappropriation, abuse, profanation, prostitution, desecration, waste

V. misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate, desecrate, abuse, profane, prostitute, waste, overtask, overtax, overwork, squander, cut blocks with a razor, employ a steam engine to crack a nut, catch at a straw

Adj. misused

Phr. ludere cum sacris, 1, simple voluntary action

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1 KJV and 1 BSB verses contain “misused”

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

Jeremiah 23:10

For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.

For the land is full of adulterers— because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up— their course is evil and their power is misused.