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past tense form of abuse.
past participle of abuse.

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dull adj.
exploited adj.
maligned adj.
oppressed adj.
perverted adj.
raped adj.

ADJECTIVE

dull

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dismal dreary dry flat humdrum ordinary repetitive stale stupid tame tedious tiresome uninspiring

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driveling plain stock tired

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archaic arid big yawn blah colorless common commonplace dead familiar hackneyed heavy ho-hum hoary insipid jejune longwinded mid monotonous oft-repeated out-of-date pointless prolix prosaic prosy repetitious routine run-of-the-mill soporific trite unimaginative usual usual thing vapid worn-out

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bright exciting happy interesting light lively pleasant

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active clear eventful intelligent keen knifelike luminous lustrous pointed quick sensitive serrated sharp smart vivacious witty

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exploited

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oppressed overburdened

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milked overworked

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taken advantage of

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maligned

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rejected scorned

ADJECTIVE

oppressed

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destitute distressed enslaved exploited helpless persecuted

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burdened maltreated mistreated suppressed tormented tyrannized

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a slave to abject at one's feet at one's mercy have-not subservient under one's thumb underfoot

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perverted

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abandoned contorted corrupt corrupted debased debauched defiled depraved deviating distorted impaired misguided misused outraged polluted sick tainted twisted vitiate vitiated warped

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aberrant abnormal deviant foreign grotesque kinky monstrous unhealthy unnatural vicious wicked

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clean cleansed healthy honorable moral noble pure purified straight uncorrupt upright virtuous well wholesome

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good

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raped

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STRONG

despoiled ravished

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We are introduced to mortgage-backed securities and to the people who dreamt them up and abused them, antiheroes of the 2007-09 debt debacle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed legislation that seeks to remove abused and neglected animals from crowded municipal shelters during their owners’ criminal cases, according to the bill’s backers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Saylor made clear that he knew the game perfectly well as he asked these people, whose trust had been routinely abused, to trust him with their money.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Iglesias, 82, called the accusations "absolutely false", saying he had never "abused, coerced, or disrespected any woman".

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

And Petey, not wanting to appear weak and abused in front of Anna, smiled as if he was in on the gag.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

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