misapply /mis-ə-plīˈ/

1. To apply wrongly
2. To use for a wrong purpose

misapplicāˈtion /-ap-/ noun

• backwoods
• backwoodsman
• backwoodsmen
• backword
• backwords
• backwork
• backworker
• backworkers
• backworks
• back-wounding
• backyard
• backyards
• baclava
• baclavas
• bacon
• bacon-and-eggs
• baconer
• baconers
• Baconian
• Baconianism
• bacons
• bacronym
• bacronyms
• bacs
• BACS