Misapply

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Misapply \Mis`ap*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Misapplied}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Misapplying}.]
     To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply
     a name or title; to misapply public money.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  misapply
       v : apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or
           incorrectly; "The words are misapplied in this context";
           "You are misapplying the name of this religious group"
           [syn: {misuse}]
       [also: {misapplied}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "misapply":
     abuse, argue insincerely, befoul, contort, convert, debase,
     defalcate, defile, desecrate, distort, divert, do amiss, embezzle,
     foul, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, maladminister,
     misapprehend, misappropriate, miscall, miscite, misconceive,
     misconduct, misconstrue, miscount, misdeal, misdeem, misdirect,
     misemploy, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misfield,
     mishandle, misinterpret, misjudge, mismanage, misplay, misprint,
     misquote, misread, misrender, misreport, misspell, mistake,
     mistranslate, misunderstand, misuse, paralogize, peculate, pervert,
     pilfer, pollute, profane, prostitute, rationalize, reason ill,
     squeeze, strain the sense, torture, twist the words, violate,
     wrench