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malapplied

malapplied adjective: applied badly.

Adjective

malapplied (comparative more malapplied, superlative most malapplied)

  1. Applied badly.

Forms of malapplied

comparativemore malapplied
superlativemost malapplied

Origin of malapplied

From mal- + applied.

Questions about malapplied

What does malapplied mean?
Malapplied means applied badly.
What part of speech is malapplied?
Malapplied is an adjective.

Words near malapplied in the dictionary

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

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