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What does misapplied mean?

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  1. simple past tense and past participle of misapply
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Thousands of people have been wrongly refused help with the costs of care because authorities have misapplied the means tests.
But if Mr Cameron returns to Downing Street, it could seem tragically misapplied.
The modern use of the lambrequin as an ornamental finish to window-curtains is another instance of misapplied decoration.
One customer would defect if you misapplied his herbicide, while another understands that everyone makes mistakes.
The basis of this therapy is that patterns of coping behaviour learned in one setting are then misapplied in changed circumstances.
There are claims that when provinces receive the money they do not disburse it immediately, the funds are misapplied.

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