as in misuses
incorrect or improper use
this silly gossiping is a serious misapplication of your time
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abuses
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The Antioch Police Department helped pioneer the effort in 2015, shortly before multiple scandals ripped through the agency amid claims of widespread civil rights abuses, violent arrest tactics and racist policing.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025 -
In any other profession, mine included as an architect, such deliberate abuses would end a career.—
Micah Kimball,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Misapplications.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misapplications. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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