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121unskillfulness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of expertise Nouns 1. unskillfulness, incompetence; inability, inexperience; quackery, maladroitness, ineptness, clumsiness, awkwardness, two left feet, black thumb. 2. mismanagement, misconduct;… …
122waste — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Gradual loss or decay Nouns 1. waste, wastage; dissipation; dispersion; ebb; leakage, loss; wear and tear; extravagance, wastefulness, prodigality, conspicuous consumption; waste of time; jeunesse dorée; …
123misappropriate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. plunder, appropriate, abuse; see rob , steal . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. steal, swindle, embezzle, pocket, defalcate, *rip off, filch, cheat. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To use wrongly and improperly: abuse,… …
124misunderstand — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. err, misconceive, misinterpret, miscomprehend, misjudge, miscalculate, misreckon, misapply, misconstrue, be at crosspurposes, be perplexed, be bewildered, confuse, confound, have the wrong impression, fail to understand,… …
125Misinterpretation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Misinterpretation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 misinterpretation misinterpretation misapprehension misunderstanding misacceptation| misconstruction misapplication Sgm: N 1 catachresis catachresis Sgm: N 1 eisegesis… …
126Misuse — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Misuse >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 misuse misuse misusage misemployment misapplication misappropriation GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 abuse abuse profanation prostitution desecration Sgm: N 2 waste …
127Unskillfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Unskillfulness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unskillfulness unskillfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 want of skill want of skill &c. 698 Sgm: N 1 incompetence incompetence incompentency Sgm: N 1 inability inability infel …
128abuse — {{11}}abuse (n.) mid 15c., improper practice, from Fr. abus (14c.), from L. abusus (see ABUSE (Cf. abuse) (v.)). Earlier in Middle English was abusion wicked act or practice, shameful thing, violation of decency (early 14c.), an insult (mid 14c.) …