misapply /mis-ə-plīˈ/

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

misapplicāˈtion /-ap-/ noun

• puttying
• putty-knife
• putty-knives
• putty-powder
• parasitologist
• parasitologists
• parasitology
• parasitoses
• parasitosis
• parasol
• parasol mushroom
• parasol mushrooms
• parasols
• parasomnia
• parasomnias
• parasphenoid
• parasphenoids
• parastatal
• parastichies
• parastichy
• parasuicide
• parasuicides
• parasympathetic
• parasympathetic nervous system
• parasyntheses