“+ transitive verb
Etymology: mis- (I) + apply
1. : to apply wrongly
virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied — Shakespeare
legal points in the ruling are misapplied to the transaction as it actually occurred — D.C.Alexander
2. : to misuse or spend (as public money) without proper authority
while the handling of the relief fund was irregular … he could not say that any part of it had been misapplied or embezzled — Ohio State Journal