mistreatment.
Cruel, abusive, unfair, or thoughtless treatment of a person or animal (or rarely an object).
Meaning & usage
Cruel, abusive, unfair, or thoughtless treatment of a person or animal (or rarely an object).
There were allegations of mistreatment at the prison.
I was appalled at the mistreatment meted out to them.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English mistreat Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English mistreatment From mistreat + -ment.
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