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Definition of Misapplied

Misapplied
Misapply Mis`ap*ply", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misapplied; p. pr. & vb. n. Misapplying.] To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply a name or title; to misapply public money.

Meaning of Misapplied from wikipedia

- lentiginous melanoma. The terms whitlow and felon are also sometimes misapplied to paronychia, which is an infection of the tissue at the side or base...
- from Australia and New Guinea. In parts of India, the name is commonly misapplied to Cyperus pertenuis. Cyperus scariosus is very similar to C. pertenuis...
- are high due to shoaling. In po****r usage, the word undertow is often misapplied to rip currents. An undertow occurs everywhere underneath s****-approaching...
- (non H****elt, 1823) misapplied Stolephorus indicus (non H****elt, 1823) misapplied Anchoviella holodon (non Boulenger, 1900) misapplied Stolephorus holodon...
- is native to Martinique, Dominica, and Guadeloupe. The name has been misapplied to Begonia grandis by Thunberg, to Begonia minor by L'Héritier, and to...
- artefact not of index number relativity (the Gerschenkron effect) but of misapplying to the calculation of growth cost prices that do not accurately measure...
- Sea.[verification needed] Until 1981, the name G. fabricii was usually misapplied to the very similar relative G. steenstrupi. Gonatus fabricii grows to...
- a person who designs typefaces. (The term "typographer" is sometimes misapplied to type designers: a typographer is a person who arranges existing typefaces...
- illegitimate name (for Crataegus gracilior J.B.Phipps) that is commonly misapplied to this species. Tejocote, the Mexican name for this fruit, comes from...
- as a noxious weed in the US states of Kansas and Michigan under this misapplied name. Two varieties have been recognized: Solanum physalifolium var. nitidibaccatum...