aprayukta a. 1 Not used or employed, not applied. 2 Wrongly used, as a word. 3 (In Rhet. ) Rare, unusual (as a word when used in a particular sense or gender though that sense or gender be sanctioned by lexicographers); aprayuktaM taTAmnAtamapi kaviBirnAdftaM; taTA manye dEvatosya piSAco rAkzaso'TavA . where the mas. gender of dEvata , though sanctioned (by Amara ), is not used by poets and is, therefore, aprayukta .