abusable

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [verb uh-byooz; noun uh-byoos]
- /verb əˈbyuz; noun əˈbyus/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [verb uh-byooz; noun uh-byoos]
- /verb əˈbyuz; noun əˈbyus/

Definitions of abusable word

adjective abusable able to be abused 3
verb with object abusable to use wrongly or improperly; misuse: to abuse one's authority. 1
verb with object abusable to treat in a harmful, injurious, or offensive way: to abuse a horse; to abuse one's eyesight. 1
verb with object abusable to speak insultingly, harshly, and unjustly to or about; revile; malign. 1
verb with object abusable to commit sexual assault upon. 1
verb with object abusable Obsolete. to deceive or mislead. 1

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Origin of abusable

First appearance:

before 1400

One of the 24% oldest English words

1400-50; (v.) late Middle English abusen < Middle French abuser, verbal derivative of abus < Latin abūsus misuse, wasting, equivalent to abūt(ī) to use up, misuse (ab- ab- + ūtī to use) + -tus suffix of v. action; (noun) late Middle English abus < Middle French abus or Latin abūsus

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Parts of speech for Abusable

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Abusable

abusable popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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