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REAPPROPRIATE Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word reappropriate. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For REAPPROPRIATE

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embezzle
verbv
verb

• appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use

misappropriate
verbv
verb

• appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use

misdirect
verbv
verb

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

• put a wrong address on

mishandle
verbv
verb

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• manage badly or incompetently

mismanage
verbv
verb

• manage badly or incompetently

misuse
verb, nounv, n
noun

• improper or excessive use

verb

• apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly

• change the inherent purpose or function of something

squander
verbv
verb

• spend thoughtlessly; throw away

• spend extravagantly

steal
verbv
noun

• an advantageous purchase

• a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)

verb

• take without the owner's consent

• move stealthily

• steal a base

waste
verb, nounv, n
noun

• any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

• useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

• the trait of wasting resources

• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

• (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

adjective satellite

• located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

verb

• spend thoughtlessly; throw away

• use inefficiently or inappropriately

• dispose of

• run off as waste

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

• spend extravagantly

• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

• cause to grow thin or weak

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

• become physically weaker

misallocate
verbv
verb

• To allocate incorrectly or inappropriately.

Alternatives for EMBEZZLE

Alternatives for MISAPPROPRIATE

Alternatives for MISDIRECT

Alternatives for MISHANDLE

Alternatives for MISMANAGE

Alternatives for MISUSE

Alternatives for SQUANDER

Alternatives for STEAL

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