The phrase "abusive means" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe methods or tactics that are harmful, cruel, or exploitative in nature.
Example: "The organization was criticized for using abusive means to achieve its goals, disregarding the well-being of individuals involved."
Alternatives: "harmful methods" or "exploitative tactics".
For example, paying a person to be always upbeat even when customers, patients, or clients are rude, nasty, or abusive means paying a person to act nice even when she does not feel nice.
The rifts to interpersonal relationships that occur as a result of such an ugly and abusive means of resolving disputes are long lasting and in many cases, permanent.
The parallels were intriguing -- the glamorized insulation of widely loved celebrity among his friends who had his back, with a pit bull of an agent whose abusive means are charmingly justified by the ends.
I completely disagree!" where XXXXXX is an offensive, legally problematic or otherwise abusive statement, means that this comment just repeats it and so also needs to be removed.
Based on the mean values of the constructs, public hospital trainee doctors have high preference for coaching supervision (mean = 3.91) and mentoring supervision (mean = 3.61), but low preference for abusive supervision (mean = 2.25), as well as an optimal clinical learning environment (mean = 3.85) and talent development (mean = 3.85).
For Kilawan, her own desire to break from an abusive relationship meant challenging the unsaid norms her family and community members sought to uphold.
Were you (or both of you) abusive, controlling, mean, possessive, or jealous?
If you don't like the movie, don't be abusive and mean.
Little Big Town has recorded songs about abusive men, like "Mean Streak" and "Evangeline," but onstage it stuck to its good-timey material.
"They make excuses for, or defend, powerful and abusive men if it means gaining an opportunity to force their ideology on all of us.
"The UK already has one of the weakest labour law enforcement structures in Europe, which means abusive employers are often able to operate with impunity.
