maltreatment
maltreatment · maltreatments
Misshandlung
Cruel or harmful treatment or abuseCruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.
UK/malˈtɹiːtmənt/US/malˈtɹit.mɛnt/
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.
Misshandlung
cruel or inhumane treatment
Translations
4 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
cruel or harmful treatment:
Origin
By surface analysis, maltreat + -ment.By surface analysis, maltreat + -ment.
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Forms
plural: maltreatments| Singular | maltreatment |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- cruel or inhumane treatment:ill-treatmentill-usageabuse
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedmaltreat
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable