Meaning

1 senses
  1. (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

More definitions
  • the practice of treating (someone or something) badly

Examples

5 sentences
  1. I won't tolerate your mistreatment any longer.

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  2. I'm not going to tolerate your mistreatment any longer.

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  3. You have a right to speak up about mistreatment without fear of reprisal.

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  4. If you have to fabricate the stories of your mistreatment, isn’t that itself a comment on where we are now?

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  5. Does Jessica deserve Mark's mistreatment?

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
improper treatment:

Forms

plural: mistreatments
Singularmistreatment
Pluralmistreatments

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

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