MISAPPLICATION

embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation

(noun) the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

misapplication

(noun) wrong use or application

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

misapplication (countable and uncountable, plural misapplications)

The misuse of something, incorrectly using (applying) something, a wrong application.

Source: Wiktionary


Mis*ap`pli*ca"tion, n.

Definition: A wrong application. Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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