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单词 misappropriate
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misappropriateadj.

Brit. /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprɪət/, U.S. /ˌmɪsəˈproʊpriət/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, appropriate adj.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + appropriate adj. Compare earlier misappropriately adv., and inappropriate adj.
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.

Brit. /ˌmɪsəˈprəʊprɪeɪt/, U.S. /ˌmɪsəˈproʊpriˌeɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, appropriate v.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + appropriate v. Compare earlier misappropriation n.
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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adj.1878v.1825
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