| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To misuse or abuse.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle 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] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "MISAPPLYING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1704. (references) |
Specialty Definition: MISAPPLYING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Applying to a wrong person or purpose.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of misapply. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
