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misapplication

noun

1 misapplication

Wrong use or application.

Roget 523: misinterpretation, misapprehension, misunderstanding, misacceptation, misconstruction, misapplication; catachresis; eisegesis; cross-reading, cross-purposes; mistake etc. 495.    misrepresentation, ... show more

Roget 699: unskillfulness etc. adj.; want of skill etc. 698; incompetence, incompentency; inability, infelicity, indexterity, inexperience; disqualification, unproficiency; ... show more

2 misapplication

The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else.

synonyms: defalcation, embezzlement, misappropriation, peculation.

Roget 679: misuse, misusage, misemployment, misapplication, misappropriation.    abuse, profanation, prostitution, desecration; waste etc. 638.   

Dutch: verdonkeremaning, ontvreemding, malversatie, verduistering
Polish: malwersacja, defraudacja


Moby thesaurus: aberrancy, aberration, abuse, abuse of office, abuse of terms, apparent soundness, befoulment, casuistry, catachresis, circularity, contorting, conversion, corrupt administration, debasement, defalcation, defectiveness, defilement, delusion, desecration, deviancy ... show more.

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