misappliance

From mis- +‎ apply +‎ -ance.

misappliance (countable and uncountable, plural misappliances)

1. (rare) Misapplication; the act of misapplying something.
   • 1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:

     Wherever he looked he saw an old ivory or an old brocade, and he scarce knew where to sit for fear of a misappliance.