| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Misapply.[Websters]
2. To have misused or trespassed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have embezzled, hijacked, turned or switched. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have averted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have diverted, sidetracked or bypassed.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb misapply.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (misapply) | 1. Apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly; "You are misapplying the name of this religious group".[Wordnet]. 2. To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply a name or title; to misapply public money.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: misapplying, misapplied, misapplies, misapplier, misappliers, misapplyingly and misappliedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being fraudulent.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being abusive.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "MISAPPLIED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Specialty Definition: MISAPPLIED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Applied to a wrong person or purpose.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of misapply. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
