mistreating
present participle ofmistreat
mistreat
verb[T]
uk/ˌmɪsˈtriːt/us/ˌmɪsˈtriːt/totreatapersonoranimalbadly,cruelly, orunfairly:
Bothparentshavedeniedchargesof mistreatingtheirchildren.
Ithinkpeoplewho mistreattheirpetsshould bebannedfromkeepingthem.
Synonyms
abuse
ill-treat
maltreatformal
Treating people or animals badly
- abuser
- anti-harassment
- at the hands ofsomeoneidiom
- batten
- batten onsomeone
- ill-treat
- ill-treatment
- ill-used
- impose
- inflict
- pick onsomeone
- prey
- prey onsomething
- putsomeonethroughsomething
- put upon
- tyrannical
- tyrannize
- tyranny
- uncared for
- use
Examplesofmistreating
mistreating
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Wellman correctly responds that the view that infants do not have rights does not imply that we have no moral reasons to refrain frommistreatingthem.
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Williams argues that is it absurd to hold that infants do not have rights because this view implies that we have no moral reasons to refrain frommistreatinginfants.
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Mistreatingprisoners of war is an even more serious violation of international law.
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The law provides for severe penalties of up to £1,000 per animal on conviction formistreatinganimals in transport.
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Is he suggesting that because it would infringe individual liberty, it would be wrong to enact any legislation that stopped someonemistreatinga dog or any other animal?
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They want the numbers to be controlled, but they would not wish to treat a fox cruelly in a bear-baiting way, setting dogs on it or otherwisemistreatingit.
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Mistreatingany person is a crime.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The duty is both moral and legal, and the benefit is that the animals are often their primary asset, so they have no interest inmistreatingthem in any way.
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He employs a second nurse, but fires her after he discovers she ismistreatinghis wife.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ogedei reprimanded his son harshly for fighting within the family and formistreatinghis soldiers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She immediately beganmistreatingthe female prisoners there, and was infamous in the camp for her brutality.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the early days of federal occupation, troops were badlymistreatingthe island's residents, and had raided plantation supplies of food and clothing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The most serious penalties can be assessed formistreatingdogs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.While she also maintains influence to reprimand doctors and consultants operatingmistreatingnurses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Dogs are visually examined by veterinarians stationed at every checkpoint, and mushers can be ejected and banned from the race formistreatingdogs.
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- petrol
- petrol bomb
- petrol-bomb
- petrol bunk
- petrol-bunk
- petrol cap
- petrol-cap
- petrol engine
- petroleum
- petroleum-based
- petroleum-based
- petroleum company
- petroleum deposit
- petroleum deposit
- petroleum engineering
- petroleum exploration
- petroleum exploration
- petroleum geologist
- petroleum hydrocarbon
- petroleum hydrocarbon
- petroleum industry
- petroleum industry
- petroleum jelly
- petroleum-jelly
- petroleum product