Synonyms:
misused
Meaning: used incorrectly or carelessly or for an improper purpose; "misused words are often laughable but one weeps for misused talents"
Usage examples
Two inferences, however, were plainly deduced from the whole: one, that Elizabeth was the real cause of the mischief; and the other that she herself had been barbarously misused by them all; and on these two points she principally dwelt during the rest of the day.