misapplication
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
wrong use or application
Types & categories
- application hypernym
Related & opposite
- misuse derivation
Sense 2 noun
the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
Types & categories
- larceny hypernym
- raid hyponym
- plunderage hyponym
Related & opposite
- embezzle derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | misuse |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | application |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | embezzle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | larceny |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | raid |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | plunderage |