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misapplication

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14 lettersPart of speech nounSorted aaciiilmnoppstStarts with MEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else

Word origin

From mis- + application.

Used in a sentence

  • Trying to open a paint can with a chisel is a misapplication of the tool.
  • Julia Farrington, head of arts at Index on Censorship, argues that extra powers to ban violent videos online will "end up too broad and open to misapplication, which would damage freedom of expression".

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