misapplication

Plural: misapplications

Noun

• wrong use or application
• the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
• The misuse of something, incorrectly using (applying) something, a wrong application.

Examples

• Trying to open a paint can with a chisel is a misapplication of the tool.

Synonyms

defalcation, embezzlement, misappropriation, peculation