单词 | misapply |
释义 | misapplyv. transitive. To apply to a wrong person or object; to use (something) incorrectly or inappropriately. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [verb (transitive)] > misapply misapply1571 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > misapply misapply1571 malappropriate1847 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxix. 29) Such a one [sc. manner of speech] as is not misapplyed too our small capacitie. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. ii. 21 Vertue it selfe turnes vice being misapplied . View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. 1 Idolaters, who, from misapplying that undeniable Truth of Gods being in every thing, made every thing to be their God. 1698 J. Collier Short View Immorality Eng. Stage iv. 145 Thus the Marks of Honour, and Infamy are misapplyed. 1707 G. Hickes Two Treat. ii. ii. 254 The Presbyterians have abused, and misapply'd this Doctrine. 1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 297 Who reads, but with a Lust to mis-apply. 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 20 She..Notes each Moment misapply'd. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 402 Misapplying his unskilful strength. 1822 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 7 Dec. 600 These enclosures and buildings are a waste; they are means misapplied. 1863 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. iii. xiv. 485 Capital may be misapplied and wasted. 1903 R. Lydekker Mostly Mammals 314 The name ‘sloth’ is..misapplied by travellers to the slow-lemurs of India and the Malay countries. 1972 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 80 948 The ‘law of supply and demand’ is hardly Keynesian! More important, Klein misapplies it. 1992 P. G. Allen Sacred Hoop (new ed.) 31 The term berdache is applied (or rather misapplied) to both lesbians and gay males. Derivatives misaˈpplied adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adjective] > irrelevant foreigna1393 unpertinentc1400 impertinentc1450 peregrine1532 far-fet1533 exorbitant1534 unrelevant1558 stravagant1565 fremd1581 unappliable1588 misapplied1596 immaterial1598 far-fetched1607 misdevoted1623 unappertaining1645 irrelativea1657 inapposite1661 unconcerned1683 scandalous1750 uncentral1782 irrelevant1786 tangent1787 inappertinent1814 unappropriate1818 tangential1867 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [adjective] > misused > misapplied misapplied1596 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) x. lix. 257 For neuer was Pretence so fowle but some would flatter it: Nor any thing so pestilent as mis-applied Wit. 1986 Punch 25 June 56/3 ‘Rockingham’..has come to be a misapplied generic term for a variety of objects and flatware manufactured during the..nineteenth century. misaˈpplier n. rare a person who misapplies something, esp. money. ΚΠ 1736 T. Carte Hist. Life Duke Ormonde II. 369 The Misappliers of his revenue. 1989 Sunday Times 10 Dec. (News Focus) b5/6 The decadent restraint of east European communism owes something to..financial corruption (no burnings at the stake from misappliers of funds). misaˈpplying n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > contact, connection, or dealings > bringing into contact or applying > misapplying misapplying1587 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > misapplication misapplying1587 misapplication1607 1450 Rolls of Parl. V. 180/2 The mysdispence and appliyng of the same.] 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxiv. 636 His misapplying..of hys skill. 1951 S. Themerson Wooff Wooff iii. 12 You don't care about the mis-applying of formal logic to conversational languages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1571 |
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