Word: malappropriate
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: ma
la
ppro
pri
ate
Definition: Alternative form of misappropriate; appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
Morphemes:
Affix: mal-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad, badly as in maladjusted, malcontent - faulty, faultily as in malfunction
Etymology Compounds: Affix: mal-
Language: fro
Decoded: mal-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad; badly
Affix: appropriate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ad
Language: la
Decoded: ad
Meaning: to
Affix: pro-
Language: la
Decoded: pro-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bringing into being, forth, or into the open
Affix: pater
Language: la
Decoded: pater
PoS: Noun
Meaning: honorific title
Affix: -ō
Language: la
Decoded: -o
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: suffixed to third-conjugation verbs in composition, forms regular first-conjugation verbs