单词 | misappropriate |
释义 | misappropriateadj. rare. = inappropriate adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] unkinOE un-i-feieOE unbecomelyc1200 amissc1325 wrongousa1350 uncovenablec1374 unsitting1390 undue1398 ungainanda1400 unquemea1400 inconvenientc1400 unlikelyc1405 disconvenienta1425 impertinenta1425 discovenablec1436 unmeetc1440 wrongc1440 unjustc1443 unbehovablec1450 inconvenientc1460 uncordial1488 unmeetly1534 unapt1539 unfit1548 incommodious1553 ungreeing1560 impertinent1565 stravagant1565 unproper1566 improper1570 unhovable1570 unapt1579 unbeseeming1583 unsuitablea1586 unappliable1588 unapt1588 unlikely1590 unfittinga1592 unfitted1592 unsuiting1596 unbefitting1598 unsorted1598 unsuited1598 contrary1600 impair1609 unfitty1613 incompetible1621 incongruous1623 infita1626 uncompetiblea1628 inaccommodatea1657 inapplicable1656 inconcinnate1657 inconcinnous1662 inept1675 unaccommodatea1676 incommode1678 indecorous1681 untoward1682 unapplicable1690 insuitable1692 unsuit1704 malapropos1709 inapt1744 out of place1748 uncongenial1788 unfit-like1796 ungain-like1796 inappropriate1804 unadapted1805 dissuitable1807 dissuited1819 ineligible1828 infelicitous1835 unapropos1840 butt-ended1850 malappropriate1851 ungenial1871 misappropriate1878 unbecoming1893 unappropriate1898 unadjusted1899 offside1910 off-key1943 improbable1958 1878 Appletons' Jrnl. Dec. 571/1 It is often astonishing to see how a book may be damned by..a selection of epithets that are exquisitely misappropriate. 1897 O. Smeaton Smollett x. 135 Her misappropriate use of the language of that circle is most felicitously rendered. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). misappropriatev. transitive. To appropriate or assign wrongly; esp. to apply dishonestly (money belonging to another) to one's own use; to embezzle. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > embezzlement or misappropriation > embezzle or misappropriate [verb (transitive)] purloinc1475 embezzle1585 intervert1600 peculate1715 misappropriate1825 eat1849 to knock downa1854 malversate1881 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > use for wrongful purposes > misappropriate misappropriate1825 liberate1944 1825 L. Aikin Mem. in A. L. Barbauld Wks. I. p. xiii Several of the pieces have in consequence been generally misappropriated. 1857 J. Toulmin Smith Parish (new ed.) 145 A part of what had been wrongfully misappropriated being restored. 1887 Times 10 Oct. 3/3 The prisoner..had been in the habit of misappropriating fees which he received. 1904 J. Conrad Nostromo ii. iii. 127 I am not likely to misappropriate the funds. 1952 W. Plomer Museum Pieces (1961) xxvi. 204 He had misappropriated the funds entrusted to him. 1987 Melody Maker 8 Aug. 10 Disfiguring and misappropriating pop's legacies. 1990 Times 2 Feb. 34/7 The purpose of the fraud was to enable moneys to be ingathered and misappropriated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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