Word Meanings - MISDISPOSITION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Erroneous disposal or application. Bp. Hall.

ERRONEOUS
1. Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural. "Erroneous circulation." Arbuthnot. Stopped much of the erroneous light, which otherwise would have disturbed the vision. Sir I. Newman. 2. Misleading;
APPLICATION
1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb. 2. The thing applied. He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched. Johnson. 3. The act of applying as a means; the
DISPOSAL
1. The act of disposing, or disposing of, anything; arrangement; orderly distribution; a putting in order; as, the disposal of the troops in two lines. 2. Ordering; regulation; adjustment; management; government; direction. The execution leave
REAPPLICATION
The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied.
MISAPPLICATION
A wrong application. Sir T. Browne.
INAPPLICATION
Want of application, attention, or diligence; negligence; indolence.