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Misuser vs Misused - What's the difference?

misuser | misused |

As a noun misuser

is a person who misuses something.

As an adjective misused is

used in an incorrect or inappropriate manner.

As a verb misused is

(misuse).

misuser

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who misuses something.
  • * Coleridge
    • Wretched misusers of language.
  • *
  • (legal) unlawful use of a right; use in excess of, or varying from, one's right
    • (Bouvier)

    misused

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Used in an incorrect or inappropriate manner.
    • The oft misused word didn't mean what he thought it meant, but everyone else misunderstood it too.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (misuse)