Misapplied

verb

verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of misapply form-of, participle, past

    ""Dear mamma " was an enormous edifice of white satin and diamonds, which one laments over, as one does over a misapplied peerage, that ever some people should possess them."

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""Dear mamma " was an enormous edifice of white satin and diamonds, which one laments over, as one does over a misapplied peerage, that ever some people should possess them."

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