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malapplication

malapplication noun: bad or wrong application; act of misapplying.

Noun

malapplication (countable and uncountable, plural malapplications)

  1. Bad or wrong application; act of misapplying.

Forms of malapplication

pluralmalapplications

Origin of malapplication

From mal- + application.

Questions about malapplication

What does malapplication mean?
Malapplication means bad or wrong application; act of misapplying.
What part of speech is malapplication?
Malapplication is a noun.
What is the plural of malapplication?
The plural of malapplication is malapplications.

Words near malapplication in the dictionary

  1. malaperts
  2. malaphor
  3. malaphors
  4. malapi
  5. Malapoc
  6. malapplication
  7. malapplications
  8. malapplied
  9. malappointment
  10. malapportioned
  11. malapportionment

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