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MISAPPLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: misapplied   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly

Example:

You are misapplying the name of this religious group

Synonyms:

misapply; misuse

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "misapply" is one way to...):

apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

misapplication (wrong use or application)

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