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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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The modern use of the lambrequin as an ornamental finish to window-curtains is another instance of misapplied decoration.
However, we found no evidence that the funds of the Appeal were misapplied.
If a bad law is written, or a good law is misapplied, and we know about it, we can change that.
Thousands of people have been wrongly refused help with the costs of care because authorities have misapplied the means tests.
In the United States a law against mob racketeers has been misapplied in all sorts of spheres, including throughout the securities industry.
The best known contemporary statement on the subject is Andy Warhol's, but it is routinely misapplied.

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