Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

malapplied

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
malap-plied
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Applied badly.

Etymology

From mal- + applied.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more malapplied (comparative) most malapplied (superlative)

Questions

What does malapplied mean?
Applied badly.
Where does malapplied come from?
From mal- + applied.

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