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Webster 1913 Edition
Misuser
Mis-us′er
,Noun.
1.
One who misuses.
“Wretched misusers of language.” Coleridge.
2.
(Law)
Unlawful use of a right; use in excess of, or varying from, one’s right.
Bouvier.
Definition 2024
misuser
misuser
English
Noun
misuser (plural misusers)
- A person who misuses something.
- Coleridge
- Wretched misusers of language.
- 2009, February 28, “Alan Travis”, in Scheme to dock benefits of offenders defaulting on sentences is wound up[The Guardian]:
- 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.
- Coleridge
- (law) unlawful use of a right; use in excess of, or varying from, one's right
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)