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abuses

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for abuses.

Editorial note

The IBM 5155 portable PC abuses this header to connect the composite signal to an internal monochrome CGA monitor.

Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of abuses gathered in one view.

noun

Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.

noun

Misuse; improper use; perversion.

noun

Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for abuses.

noun

Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.

noun

Misuse; improper use; perversion.

noun

Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.

noun

Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.

Example sentences

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The IBM 5155 portable PC abuses this header to connect the composite signal to an internal monochrome CGA monitor.

2

A patent troll is one who abuses such patents - not one who only files for them.

3

This source-to-image translation paradigm gives rise to abuses and problems which were not imagined by the people who invented copyright.

4

Especially if your investment in new equipment leads to you essentially trying to compete on highlighting local environmental and labour abuses.

5

Having a web platform that can compete with native apps mitigates the problems and abuses common with companies that have monopolies.

6

It's unlikely that anyone cares about your opinion re: Scala's syntax and cherry-picked abuses thereof.

7

Except white collar and government crime, from the Wall Street deregulation abuses to colonialism.

8

Or North Korea (or to a lesser extent China), which maintains relatively low levels of violence, but is simultaneously committing abuses against its population.

9

Prior abuses rarely make them change companies (see Microsoft and Facebook).

10

Second, we need to address the corruption, collusions, and abuses of power that come from being involved in the justice system.

11

That sort of remedy, while perhaps having superficial appeal as a means of eliminating abuses, clearly would defeat the many valuable things that a society derives from allowing leases to be recognized and enforced.

12

If the supervisor had expressed the slightest concern, etc., I'd attribute it to a random bit of bad luck or misunderstanding, but I think the reality is that excesses/abuses happen all the time.

Quote examples

1

Banning "[a]nything that harasses, bullies, or abuses an individual or group of people" is so open-ended that it could include minor criticism or it could exclude flagrant bigotry, depending on the interpreter.

2

Just for starters, when I hear "abolish patents," I wonder how this would be any more beneficial to society than, for example, abolishing leases - is it a good answer in dealing with existing abuses to throw out an entire system that may and very likely does serve many good purposes in society?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use abuses in a sentence?

The IBM 5155 portable PC abuses this header to connect the composite signal to an internal monochrome CGA monitor.

What does abuses mean?

Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.

What part of speech is abuses?

abuses is commonly used as noun.