misused
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Haymon contends that Olson misused her authority, noting the State Bar of California “reviewed the matter and took no disciplinary action, requiring no corrective measures.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The world's largest LGBTQ+ dating app was sued in the High Court in 2024 over claims it misused people's personal information.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
There’s a lot of therapy language being misused — people seem to think that if they speak in a soft, measured tone, they can’t possibly be toxic.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
"It's too easy for this to get misused against a population that doesn't pose a threat."
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Regression analysis, which attempts to relate the values of quantity X to those of quantity Y, is a very important tool in statistics but is frequently misused.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
