NTUMC+ Open Multilingual Wordnet 0.9

01161290-v 'apply to a wrong thing or person'; V2;

Chinese (simplified)	错用 , 滥用 , 误用
English	misuse ₂ ( ⊳ ) , misapply ( ⊳ )
Indonesian	menyalahgunakan , salah guna
Italian	usare impropriamente , fare cattivo uso di
Japanese	誤用 , 誤用+する
Malaysian	menyalahgunakan , salah guna

Definitions

Japanese: 間違ったものまたは人へ適用する
悪く、または間違って適用する
― その単語はこの文脈で誤用される; あなたはこの宗教団体の名前を誤用している
English: apply to a wrong thing or person
apply badly or incorrectly
― The words are misapplied in this context; You are misapplying the name of this religious group

Relations

Hypernym:	use
Semantic Field:	consumption_v

Verb Frames

Somebody ----s something;

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