CEFR B2

maltreatment

noun

Meaning

maltreatment means cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The article uses maltreatment to mean cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.
The teacher asked students to find maltreatment in the reading.

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maltreatment (B2)

noun

Pronunciation: /malˈtɹiːtmənt/

Definition

maltreatment means cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The article uses maltreatment to mean cruel or harmful treatment or abuse; mistreatment.
The teacher asked students to find maltreatment in the reading.
Check the words around maltreatment to choose the right meaning.

How to Use maltreatment

a/the maltreatment (noun pattern): Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — "The article mentioned a maltreatment."
maltreatment in context (usage pattern): Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — "We checked maltreatment in context before translating it."

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