ill-used

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ill-used

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of ill-use

adjective more ill-used · most ill-used

of persons Having been treated badly. I said so - I said so warmly, for I felt that the Professor was an ill-used man.

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@misc{ill_used_2026,
  title = {ill-used},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ill-used},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}