8 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
verb apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Latin applicō Old French applierbor. Middle English aplien English apply English misapply From mis- + apply.
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