The phrase "abusive potential" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the capacity for harm or mistreatment in various situations, such as relationships, systems, or behaviors.
Example: "The new policy has raised concerns about its abusive potential towards vulnerable populations."
Alternatives: "capacity for abuse" or "potential for harm".
Although ketamine, a NMDAR channel-blocking antagonist, is often used for neuropathic pain, its side-effect profile and abusive potential has prompted the search for a safer effective oral analgesic.
But the existing system lets borrowers choose between payment plans based on their strategic interests, and requires wasteful paperwork in all cases, just so the courts can limit the abusive potential of that choice.
"On its face, I don't see the abuse or potential abuses that were present in some of the more abusive gift transactions we saw in the past," Mr. Dryburgh said.
One might reasonably hypothesize that tools based on simultaneous assessment of potential abusive behaviors and health and development of the child could allow earlier identification of abused child or abusive caregiver than tools based only on separate assessments of the child or caregiver.
Most prevention strategies to date have focussed predominantly on the second component, through education (e.g. protective behaviours) and awareness programs generally designed to increase knowledge and detection of potential abusive situations.
Input from adult psychiatry is necessary to be able to assess the potential abusive behaviors of caregivers.
Internal investigations of abusive practices had the potential to "undermine hundreds of felony convictions that relied on the word of crooked detectives," triggering a cascade of overturned verdicts.
"The potential for abusive treatment of detainees during the Global War on Terrorism was entirely predictable based on a fundamental understanding of the principles of social psychology coupled with an awareness of numerous known environmental risk factors," the report stated.
Of course, that capability hasn't played well with privacy advocates concerned about the potential for abusive surveillance.
"Unfortunately the nature of markets is that there always is potential for abusive activity, and with very, very fast trading, these things can happen very, very fast," says Martin Wheatley, head of the UK's newly created Financial Conduct Authority.
"The growing power of GIS technology has increased the potential for abusive gerrymandering," he continued.
