misapplied

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The filing asked the court to vacate the decision to revoke Baltz’s licenses, arguing that the nursing board misinterpreted and misapplied relevant statutes in its disciplining of him, among other contentions.

From Los Angeles Times

Some experts worried the guidance, which was issued before the rise of the delta variant, was premature or would be misapplied by unvaccinated persons who saw it as a permission slip to ditch their masks.

From Washington Times

They are playing on some people’s ignorance about the vaccines and others’ “tragically misapplied libertarianism.”

From Washington Post

There are also some who oppose vaccination out of a tragically misapplied libertarianism.

From Washington Post

Justice Samuel Alito wrote that the Minnesota courts “plainly misinterpreted and misapplied” the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, which was also at issue in the Philadelphia case.

From Seattle Times