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verb • apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly | ||||||||
| 25% | 8 | From the Greek for “sailor”, a marine mollusc whose name originally referred to the floating argonaut octopus, wrongly believed by Aristotle to use its tentacles as sails | ||||||
noun • a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power • cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells • cephalopod of the Indian and Pacific oceans having a spiral shell with pale pearly partitions | ||||||||
| 25% | 5 | Follow directions - and then use wrongly | ||||||
verb • issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end | ||||||||
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MISAPPLY which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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Updated: October 10, 2023
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