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malapplication

noun

Etymology

From mal- + application.

  1. derived from applicātiōnem
  2. derived from aplicacion
  3. inherited from applicacioun
  4. prefixed as malapplication — “mal + application”

Definitions

  1. Bad or wrong application

    Bad or wrong application; act of misapplying.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for malapplication. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA