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Misapply   /mɪsəplˈaɪ/   Listen
Misapply

verb
(past & past part. misapplied; pres. part. misapplying)
1.
Apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly.  Synonym: misuse.  "You are misapplying the name of this religious group"





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"Misapply" Quotes from Famous Books



... of a species is not to gratify the vanity of the man, but to indicate more precisely the species. Sometimes two men will, by accident, give the same name (independently) to two species of the same genus. More frequently a later author will misapply the specific name of an older one. Thus the Helix putris of Montagu is not H. putris of Linnaeus, though Montague supposed it to be so. In such a case we cannot define the species by Helix putris alone, but must append the name of the author whom we ...
— The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I • Francis Darwin
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... the answer to this denunciation; for truly it were a marvellous thing to hear an ignorant, arrogant drummer, misapply and profane the words of Holy Writ, wresting the Scriptures to their destruction, ...
— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) • John Roby
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Words linked to "Misapply" :   utilise, apply, use, misapplication, utilize, employ


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