misapplying
present participle ofmisapply
单词 | misapplying |
释义 | misapplying present participle ofmisapply misapply verb[T] uk/ˌmɪs.əˈplaɪ/us/ˌmɪs.əˈplaɪ/to use somethingbadly,wrongly, or in a way that was notintended: It will beimpossibletorecoverall the misappliedcharitymoney. Synonym misuse Using and misusing
Examplesofmisapplyingmisapplying In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It is not surprising that subjects make errors bymisapplyingstrategies that work for other tasks. From theCambridge English Corpus It unifies a valley by clear demarcation instead of confusing and depriving the citizens of the valley by splitting villages andmisapplyingscarce resources. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He said democratic parties are, "looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it and thenmisapplyingthe wrong remedy". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They aremisapplyingtheir intentions in this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am very much againstmisapplyingthis word "safety". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is much more useful to prevent people from doing wrong, to prevent people frommisapplyingfunds than to send them to prison afterwards for having misapplied funds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The money is often used for irregular purposes, and at present there is nothing to, stop these bogus estate agents taking numerous deposits andmisapplyingthem for their own purposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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