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English
Etymology
mis- + treat
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Verb
mistreat (third-person singular simple present mistreats, present participle mistreating, simple past and past participle mistreated)
- (transitive) To treat someone, or something roughly or badly.
- Synonyms: ill-treat, ill-use, abuse
- (transitive, medicine) To administer an incorrect treatment to a patient.
1989 April 8, John Dooley, “Syphilis and AIDS: What's the Connection?”, in Gay Community News, page 8:The syphilis that Catapano and other AIDS-syphilis theorists are especially concerned about may develop when repeated treponeme infections are not treated, or, more commonly, are 'mistreated with penicillin.
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treat someone or something roughly or badly
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