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mistreat

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From mis- +‎ treat.

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mistreat (third-person singular simple present mistreats, present participle mistreating, simple past and past participle mistreated)

  1. (transitive) To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.
    Synonyms: ill-treat, ill-use, abuse
  2. (transitive, medicine) To administer an incorrect treatment to a patient.
    • 1989 April 8, John Dooley, “Syphilis and AIDS: What's the Connection?”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
      The syphilis that Catapano and other AIDS-syphilis theorists are especially concerned about may develop when repeated treponeme infections are not treated, or, more commonly, are 'mistreated with penicillin.
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