Meaning

1 senses

  1. To apply incorrectly; to misuse.

    apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly

Forms

misapplies, misapplying, misapplied, misapplied
Base formmisapply · to misapply
3rd person singularmisapplies
Present participlemisapplying
Past simplemisapplied
Past participlemisapplied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymisapply
he, she, itmisapplies

Past simpleLesson

all personsmisapplied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave misapplied
he, she, ithas misapplied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill misapply

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly:misuse

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmisapplication

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
misadventuremisanthropemisanthropicmisanthropymisappropriatemisbehavemiscalculatemiscalculation
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