(a.) Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow.
(a.) Containing abuse, or serving as the instrument of abuse; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
(a.) Tending to deceive; fraudulent; cheating.
Example Sentences:
(1) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
(2) The authors empirically studied the self-medication hypothesis of drug abuse by examining drug effects and motivation for drug use in 494 hospitalized drug abusers.
(3) Alcohol abuse remains the predominant cause of chronic liver disease in the Western world.
(4) With respect to family environment, a history of sexual abuse was associated with perceptions that families of origin had less cohesion, more conflict, less emphasis on moral-religious matters, less emphasis on achievement, and less of an orientation towards intellectual, cultural, and recreational pursuits.
(5) An official inquiry into the Rotherham abuse scandal blamed failings by Rotherham council and South Yorkshire police.
(6) Former detectives had dug out damning evidence of abuse, as well as testimony from officers recommending prosecution, sources said.
(7) After these two experimental years, a governmental institute for prevention of child abuse and neglect was organized.
(8) Stringer, a Vietnam war veteran who was knighted in 1999, is already inside the corporation, if only for a few months, after he was appointed as one of its non-executive directors to toughen up the BBC's governance following a string of scandals, from the Jimmy Savile abuse to multimillion-pound executive payoffs.
(9) History contains numerous examples of government secrecy breeding abuse.
(10) This preliminary study compared the level of ego development, as measured by Loevinger's Washington University Sentence Completion Test (SCT), of 30 women with histories of childhood sexual victimization, and 30 women with no history of abuse.
(11) The District became a byword for crime and drug abuse, while its “mayor for life” lived high on the hog and lurched cheerfully from one scandal to the next.
(12) An official from Cafcass, the children and family court advisory service, tried to persuade the child in several interviews, but eventually the official told the court that further persuasion was inappropriate and essentially abusive.
(13) A series of hierarchical multiple regressions revealed the effects of Surgency, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Intellect on evoking upset in spouses through condescension (e.g., treating spouse as stupid or inferior), possessiveness (demanding too much time and attention), abuse (slapping spouse), unfaithfulness (having sex with others), inconsiderateness (leaving toilet seat up), moodiness (crying a lot), alcohol abuse (drinking too much alcohol), emotional constriction (hiding emotions to act tough), and self-centeredness (acting selfishly).
(14) Its abuse has become concentrated among post-high school age, black males in a limited number of cities, especially Washington, DC.
(15) From a clinical standpoint, it is clear that psychiatrists caring for anxious patients must be aware of the possibility of secondary alcohol abuse.
(16) A thorough nursing assessment is essential to detect and correct drug misuse and to diagnose drug abuse.
(17) Substantial percentages of both physicians and medical students reported access to drugs, family histories of substance abuse, stress at work and home, emotional problems, and sensation seeking.
(18) Subjects with past history of chronic substance abuse, neurologic disease, or focal findings on MRI or CT were excluded.
(19) And any Labour commitment on spending is fatally undermined by their deficit amnesia.” Davey widened the attack on the Tories, following a public row this week between Clegg and Theresa May over the “snooper’s charter”, by accusing his cabinet colleague Eric Pickles of coming close to abusing his powers by blocking new onshore developments against the wishes of some local councils.
(20) Again, the boys in care that he abused now speak to us as broken adults.
Fuller
Definition:
(v. t.) One whose occupation is to full cloth.
(a.) A die; a half-round set hammer, used for forming grooves and spreading iron; -- called also a creaser.
(v. t.) To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set hammer; as, to fuller a bayonet.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results indicated that neuropsychological measures may serve to broaden the concept of intelligence and that a brain-related criterion may contribute to a fuller understanding of its nature.
(2) Matthew Fuller, 25, Rueben Barnes, 16, and Mitchell Sweeney, 22, died from electrocution and Marcus Wilson, 19, died after installing insulation batts in extreme heat.
(3) First in line was Conservative Richard Fuller, who he believed was looking at him in a funny way.
(4) The initiative, co-ordinated by the chairman of sportswear brand Skins, Jaimie Fuller, was also backed by Tory MP Damian Collins.
(5) The combination of T7 RNA polymerase, T7 DNA polymerase, and T7 gene 4 protein initiates DNA synthesis in vitro within the cloned origin sequence (Fuller, C. W., and Richardson, C. C. (1985) J. Biol.
(6) In an open letter to the college Fran Fuller, chair of BASW, says that the plans were a surprise, as the organisations have a memorandum of understanding in place and have spent "many weeks" positively discussing the college's development.
(7) "Sir Jeremy could and should have advised the prime minister to refer the allegations of ministerial misconduct to the prime minister's adviser for a fuller investigation.
(8) In addition, because a firm understanding of basic laser-tissue interactions is key to knowledgeably and sensibly using lasers, regardless of the delivery mode, we present an overview of some basic principles; readers interested in a greater level of detail should consult other sources for a fuller understanding of the issues.
(9) If the CMA goes ahead with a preliminary investigation it will have 40 working days to clear the deal, seek remedies or move to a fuller inquiry that could take six months.
(10) Fuller's XIX Entertainment, pointedly thanked by the player on Thursday, was responsible for creating "Brand Beckham" and a string of global marketing deals.
(11) NSW police announce first bomb amnesty – but just don't bring them in Read more Fuller said there was a “new phenomenon” of people who may be at risk of committing violent acts that did not fit into the traditional profile police had established of potential terrorism suspects.
(12) As a charity that campaigns on issues of women’s economic equality, we take these allegations extremely seriously and will do our utmost to investigate them … we remain confident that we took every practicable and reasonable step to ensure that the range would be ethically produced and await a fuller understanding of the circumstances under which the garments were produced.” When the Fawcett Society sought reassurance about standards at the factory, Whistles emailed back to say CMT is “a fully audited, socially and ethical compliant factory” and cited accreditations relating to the provenance and content of materials.
(13) A separate proposal suggested that companies provide "fuller information on the relationship between pay and company performance".
(14) An important key to the resolution of these debates lies in attaining a fuller understanding of the morphological differences in skull form between the African and Asian great apes.
(15) Four men died while installing home insulation – Matthew Fuller, Reuben Barnes, Mitchell Sweeney and Marcus Wilson.
(16) Fuller claimed that The X Factor has stolen parts of the Pop Idol format and took legal action.
(17) Trustees are appealing for more information, pictures and stories from veterans or their relatives to paint a fuller picture of life at Bletchley Park, where 20 years of campaigning for recognition of its importance, plus restoration and developments have turned it into a tourist attraction.
(18) The result suggest that higher response rates may be achieved in studies of cancer if fuller disclosure of the study purposes is made.
(19) It was entirely characteristic of Ross that 15 years later, when he had virtually given up book-publishing, he should have revived the LME imprint to produce two hardbacks by his old and abruptly publisherless friend Roy Fuller, and made a great success of them.
(20) 1977a: Fink, 1986: Fishb ein & Griffin, 1976: Fujikawa, 1981: Fuller & De Loecker, 1985: Lazarus et al.