misapplied

verb

past tense of misapply
as in misused
to put to a bad or improper use you've misapplied the theorem to certain problems that require a different formula kids who misapply their boundless energy and get into trouble

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  1. misused
  2. abused
Verb
  • The lawsuit also alleges that Penske and Boehly manipulated and misused California’s nonprofit laws.
    — Andrew Dalton, Fortune, 29 July 2026
  • By comparison, just 3% used hallucinogens and 2% misused prescription opioids.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 28 July 2026
Definition of misused
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  • On the receiving end, Hugging Face reported that a malicious dataset abused two code execution paths in its processing pipeline - a remote-code loader and a template injection in a dataset configuration.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Alice notes that the women were not allowed to bathe or even eat every day; the women were captives, treated like animals, and the men who abused them never faced any consequences.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 27 July 2026
Definition of abused
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“Misapplied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misapplied. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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