as in misuse
incorrect or improper use
this silly gossiping is a serious misapplication of your time
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Charged with official misconduct and misapplication of funds — all felonies — in March, Waukegan City Clerk Janet Kilkelly seeks dismissal of the 15-count Lake County Court indictment against her contending that she was improperly accused.
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Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2024
Third, Platt demonstrated a clear misapplication of prior rulings.
—Christopher B. Summers, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2024
Accidental misapplication of gen AI is different from deliberate malpractices (intent).
—Öykü Isik,
amit Joshi,
lazaros Goutas, Harvard Business Review, 31 May 2024
The most common causes of wrongful convictions are eyewitness misidentification, misapplication of forensic science, false confessions, coerced pleas, and official misconduct, generally by police or prosecutors, according to the Innocence Project, a national organization based in New York.
—Sean Murphy, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2023
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Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2024
Third, Platt demonstrated a clear misapplication of prior rulings.
—Christopher B. Summers, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2024
Accidental misapplication of gen AI is different from deliberate malpractices (intent).
—Öykü Isik,
amit Joshi,
lazaros Goutas, Harvard Business Review, 31 May 2024
The most common causes of wrongful convictions are eyewitness misidentification, misapplication of forensic science, false confessions, coerced pleas, and official misconduct, generally by police or prosecutors, according to the Innocence Project, a national organization based in New York.
—Sean Murphy, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Oct. 2023
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“Misapplication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misapplication. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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