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Recent Examples of misapplication Matthew Mixon, 38, pled guilty in December to misapplication of fiduciary property, according to court documents. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Mar. 2025 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt certainly were not expected to provide aid to Nazi Germany during WWII, yet there is a systematic double standard and misapplication of the law against the Jewish state. William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025 Such misapplications of antitrust tend to reduce the competitive vitality of a nation’s firms, rendering them less effective on the global stage – and thereby reducing that nation’s competitiveness. Alden Abbott, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025 Among the soldiers is a cluster of combat veterans, many trained in allied countries, who voice concern about the misapplication of their battlefield expertise. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for misapplication

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“Misapplication.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misapplication. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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