how to pronounce abused

/əbˈjuzd/

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abused is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of abused in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… lucky i've been abused by white cops and …”

meanings of abused

adjective:

Having been a victim of some form of abuse, most commonly child abuse or domestic violence.
Overused; used profligately or in excess.

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of abuse.

abused frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word abused occurs in english on average 9.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics abused can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that abused can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;