The Collaborative International Dictionary
Misapply \Mis`ap*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misapplied; p. pr. & vb. n. Misapplying.] To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply a name or title; to misapply public money.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: misapply)
WordNet
v. apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly; "The words are misapplied in this context"; "You are misapplying the name of this religious group" [syn: misuse]
[also: misapplied]
See misapply
Usage examples of "misapplied".
Oh, had those happy talents misapplied to vain philosophy been turned into their proper channels of dreams and visions, where distortion of mind and countenance are of such sovereign use, the base detracting world would not then have dared to report that something is amiss, that his brain hath undergone an unlucky shake.
By an error of memory he has misapplied to this scene what I mentioned to him as to the Natural Bridge.
No matter how screwed up ImpSec's response vas, no matter how misapplied or incompetent their tactics, hey could not possibly lose Barrayar now.
It is in the case of children, that misapplied notions of liberty are a real obstacle to the fulfilment by the State of its duties.
No matter how screwed up ImpSec's response was, no matter how misapplied or incompetent their tactics, they could not possibly lose Barrayar now.
He misapplied Article 184 to commit a mutinous act, but the article's there in the books.