as in misuse
incorrect or improper use
this silly gossiping is a serious misapplication of your time
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Recent Examples of misapplication
The suit is part of a history of antagonism between Gillett and the industry over adverse decisions that the utilities argue are based on misapplication of regulatory law.
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2025
Intimidation, the misapplication of power, is rampant at every level of government.
—Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
What Gauguin despised was the misapplication of religion, not religion itself.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
There have been, however, criticisms of the TCPA arising not so much from the text of the statute itself but rather from misapplications of the TCPA by the lower Texas courts.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2025
Intimidation, the misapplication of power, is rampant at every level of government.
—Harvey Levine, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
What Gauguin despised was the misapplication of religion, not religion itself.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
There have been, however, criticisms of the TCPA arising not so much from the text of the statute itself but rather from misapplications of the TCPA by the lower Texas courts.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misapplication
Noun
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Sheen, 60, opens up about his misuse of drugs and alcohol which wreaked havoc on his health and career.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Much of the attention headed into Election Day was on Tiawana Brown’s quest to keep her seat amid a federal indictment over alleged misuse of COVID-19 relief funds and Marjorie Molina’s heated primary campaign.—
Mary Ramsey
Updated September 9,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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The agents had been following leads from an anti-trafficking organization, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, that in 2015 had uncovered the abuses of harvesters at an onion farm near Vidalia.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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California officials are trying to kill the fossil fuel industry in the state while simultaneously seeking a buyer for Valero Energy’s Benicia refinery near San Francisco, which is scheduled to close in April because the company no longer wants to deal with the abuse from Sacramento.—
Kerry Jackson,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Misapplication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misapplication. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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