- to apply wrongly or badly
- another word for misappropriate
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mis•ap•plied
(mis′ə plīd′),USA pronunciation adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- mistakenly applied;
used wrongly.
- mis-1 + applied 1620–30
mis•ap•ply
(mis′ə plī′),USA pronunciation v.t., -plied, -ply•ing.
mis•ap•pli•ca•tion
(mis′ap li kā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
mis′ap•pli′er, n.
- to make a wrong application or use of.
- 1565–75; mis-1 + apply
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misapply /ˌmɪsəˈplaɪ/ vb ( -plies, -plying, -plied) (transitive)
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