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misapply

verb

1 misapply

Apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly:
— You are misapplying the name of this religious group.

synonym: misuse.

Roget 679: misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate.    desecrate, abuse, profane, prostitute: waste etc. 638; overtask, overtax, overwork: squander etc. ... show more

Roget 699: be unskillful etc. adj.; not see an inch beyond one's nose; blunder, bungle, boggle, fumble, botch, bitch, flounder, stumble, trip; hobble ... show more

Roget 523: misinterpret, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive, misspell, mistranslate, misconstrue, misapply; mistake etc. 495.    misrepresent, pervert; ... show more


Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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