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Misapply

//ˌmɪsəˈplaɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To apply incorrectly; to misuse.

    "It may be that the jury in this case have misapplied the rule laid down by this Court, but not in favour of the defendants. I cannot help thinking they might well have held the watercourse to be the true boundary line between the two properties."

  2. 2
    apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly wordnet

Etymology

From mis- + apply.

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