misapplication
Example Sentences
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I think it does point to a strange sort of misapplication of people’s intelligence.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2025
Poor communication, by contrast, prompts disregard for policy, confusion and the misapplication of guidelines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
Of those, 192 were erroneous due to the waiver misapplication, and just 37 were true overpayments or underpayments.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2023
"The decision was incorrectly taken following informal checks of your social media posts," the letter said, blaming a "misapplication" of Cabinet Office guidance applying only to Cabinet Office staff events.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2023
Your troubles, that is, many of them, in the present and past have arisen either from a misunderstanding of the truth or a misapplication of it and its requirements.
From A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead by C. G. (Carl Gustaf) Helleberg
