How to Use misapplication in a Sentence
misapplication
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Crossman for a misapplication of the law and largely Yost was correct?
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 26 Oct. 2022
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Some of them could have been correctable with replay, while others were simply blown judgment calls or misapplication of rules.
—Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 28 Oct. 2022
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Laffitte was convicted on one count each of bank fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy, plus three counts of misapplication of bank funds.
—CBS News, 23 Nov. 2022
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The primary causes of pale to white leaves in ferns is either a misapplication of fertilizer, or low light.
—oregonlive, 17 Dec. 2022
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Laffitte was convicted of conspiring to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud and three counts of misapplication of bank funds in November 2022.
—Adam Sabes, Fox News, 1 Aug. 2023
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If found unconstitutional, the new policy could then lead to the misapplication of public funds by the board.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 27 June 2022
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In March, Stone was indicted on charges of scheming to defraud, theft and misapplication of property.
—Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Aug. 2020
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By modulating a single pedal, the driver is just as engaged and there is less risk of pedal misapplication.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
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With the new addition made public Wednesday, Laffitte is now facing six federal counts — conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud and three counts of misapplication of bank funds.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2022
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Such pranks pale beside a misapplication of high school spirit reported in Little Rock newspapers 100 years ago.
—Celia Storey, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2022
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The case wasn’t about theft or misapplication of funds, meaning BlockFi account owners won’t see any of the settlement funds because they weren’t financially impacted.
—Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2022
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Lavelle Wilson pleaded guilty earlier this month to theft and misapplication of fiduciary property and was sentenced Wednesday.
—Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Feb. 2022
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Three articles accuse Paxton of disregard of duty and misapplication of public resources related to his treatment of the whistleblowers.
—Philip Jankowski, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
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This is due to a pervasive misunderstanding, and misapplication, of the rules regarding other-than-honorable discharges.
—Dana Montalto, Star Tribune, 3 June 2021
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That experience prompted the Princeton pair to investigate whether misapplication of machine learning was distorting results in other fields—and to conclude that incorrect use of the technique is a widespread problem in modern science.
—Wired, 11 Aug. 2022
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Charges included misapplication of public funds and embezzlement.
—Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2023
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This very broad definition could result in misunderstandings and misapplication within HOA neighborhoods.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2023
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