misapplicationn.
/ˌmɪsaplᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌmɪsˌæpləˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ The action of misapplying something, esp. money; an instance of this.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > embezzlement or misappropriation > [noun]
misnimming?c1225
embezzlement1548
malversationc1550
falsity1581
misapplication1607
interverting1614
peculate1617
peculation1658
abstracting1669
plunderage1700
interversiona1754
conveyancing1754
misappropriation1794
abstraction1823
defalcation1832
malappropriation1848
teeming and lading1859
boodlery1886
bobol1907
chop-chop1966
liberation1966
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > misapplication
misapplying1587
misapplication1607
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > wrongful use > misappropriation
misnimming?c1225
misapplication1704
misappropriation1794
malappropriation1848
1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater i. iii. sig. B4 Hee brings me informations,..which with his malitious misapplication, hee hopes will seeme dangerous.
1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace i. 11 He may also seem to..tast some sweetness in the delicious promises..of the Gospel by a misapplication of them to himself.
1704 Ld. Tweeddale in London Gaz. No. 4037/3 The Misapplications of..Funds.
1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 131 Having been Charged with some Mis-applications, [he] was oblig'd to take Shelter in England.
1838 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 1 152 A small part of this money was given to the poor; the appropriation, therefore, of this part to the church-rates is a misapplication.
1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel (1876) 113 The misapplication of the ancient Symbol.
1902 J. B. Greenough & G. L. Kittredge Words 217 Language develops by the felicitous misapplication of words.
1932 Mind 41 68 What we have attempted is a mis-application of a formula which is true in general, but not in this particular case.
1994 IEEE Ann. Hist. Computing 16 25/2 Most historians of computing technology have overlooked the misapplications of statistics and computing technology during the Nazi period.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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