It's not helpful to quote a dictionary or grammar when the terminology is not agreed. For Rich, misuse is defined differently from your definition. Game over.
This topic is a 'thicket' - something that gets more difficult to penetrate the further you go in. One aspect not commonly studied by engineers is biological. The sub-species Homo sapiens sapiens is in fact labile. Due to an insufficiently evolved brain, individuals easily metamorphose behaviourally into the very closely related sub-species Homo sapiens fatuus. Affected persons, for example, respond positively to an invitation to 'Hold this wire!' (;-) Since this effect appears wholly unpredictable, it begs the question of what is 'reasonably probable'. With best wishes OOO – Own Opinions Only www.jmwa.demon.co.uk J M Woodgate and Associates Rayleigh England > -----Original Message----- > From: Rodney Davis [mailto:rodney.da...@mitel.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 6:18 PM > To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG > Subject: Re: [PSES] "For indoor use only" on External Power Supply > > wow! > > verb: misuse; 3rd person present: misuses; past tense: misused; past > participle: > misused; gerund or present participle: misusing > /misˈyo͞oz/ > 1. use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose. > > i.e. using a PSU intended to power equipment indoors and in fact using it to > power > something outdoors is misuse. > > Misuse and ignoring warnings ???? ...sorry these not synonymous.. > > > ________________________________________ > From: Richard Nute <ri...@ieee.org> > Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 1:05 PM > To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG > Subject: Re: [PSES] "For indoor use only" on External Power Supply > > > Depending on the > > product I could easily see using an indoor only rated > > power supply outdoors as possible misuse. > > That depends on your definition of "misuse." > > If "misuse" means using the product for something other than its intended > use, then > using the product outdoors is not misuse. If we use this definition, misuse > is not > predictable as it depends on the user's motives and objectives; standing on a > chair > is misuse of the chair. > > If "misuse" means using the product contrary to instructions (indoor use > symbol), > then using the product outdoors is misuse. > > Not following instructions, I assert, is a fault of a behavioral safeguard. > Using the > product outdoors is a single (behavioral) fault condition; a second > (physical) fault > could lead to an injury. > > I use the first definition. > > > Best regards, > Rich > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. 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