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misapplymis‧ap‧ply /ˌmɪsəˈplaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle misapplied, present participle misapplying) [transitive] VERB TABLEmisapply |
Present | I, you, we, they | misapply | | he, she, it | misapplies | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | misapplied | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have misapplied | | he, she, it | has misapplied | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had misapplied | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will misapply | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have misapplied |
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Present | I | am misapplying | | he, she, it | is misapplying | | you, we, they | are misapplying | Past | I, he, she, it | was misapplying | | you, we, they | were misapplying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been misapplying | | he, she, it | has been misapplying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been misapplying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be misapplying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been misapplying |
- Ross was charged with misapplying public money.
to use something incorrectly or for a wrong purpose: In your case the rules have been misapplied.GRAMMAR Misapply is usually passive.—misapplication /ˌmɪsæplɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]: a misapplication of the law |