mistreatment
Cruel, abusive, unfair, or thoughtless treatment of a person or animalCruel, abusive, unfair, or thoughtless treatment of a person or animal (or rarely an object).
» I won't tolerate your mistreatment any longer.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Cruel, abusive, unfair, or thoughtless treatment of a person or animal (or rarely an object).
There were allegations of mistreatment at the prison.
I was appalled at the mistreatment meted out to them.
Misshandlung, schlechte Behandlung, Schinderei
- the practice of treating (someone or something) badly
Examples
5 sentencesI won't tolerate your mistreatment any longer.
I'm not going to tolerate your mistreatment any longer.
You have a right to speak up about mistreatment without fear of reprisal.
If you have to fabricate the stories of your mistreatment, isn’t that itself a comment on where we are now?
Does Jessica deserve Mark's mistreatment?
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
plural: mistreatments| Singular | mistreatment |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable