Definition of misapplication
plural misapplications
1
: the act or an instance of applying something incorrectly or improperly
- a misapplication of the law
- herbicide misapplication
2
: the act or an instance of misusing or spending something (such as public money) without proper authority
- … a bank president was convicted of misapplication after he programmed the bank's computer not to debit his personal checking account when it would otherwise have been overdrawn.
- —Stanley S. Arkin
