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ill-used, pa. pple. and ppl. a.|ˈɪlˈjuːzd|
[Orig. two words, ill adv. and used pa. pple., hyphened when used attrib.; now treated as pa. pple. of prec. vb.]
Badly ‘used’ or treated; ill-treated.
1594Shakes. Rich. III, iv. iv. 396 (1623) Sweare not by time to come, for that thou hast Misvs'd ere vs'd, by times ill-vs'd [o]repast [Qos. misused..o'erpast]. c1600― Sonn. xcv, The hardest knife ill-used doth lose his edge. a1656Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 109 Those..guests who finde themselves ill used. 1765Smollett Trav. xli. (1766) II. 255 If I am ill-used at the post-house in England, I can be accommodated elsewhere. 1832Tennyson Lotos-Eaters 165 An ill-used race of men.
Hence ˌill-ˈusedness, condition of being ill-used.
1869Mrs. Whitney We Girls vi. (1873) 95 A tone of quiet ill usedness. |