misapplied

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It overstates the wage threat, misapplies the economics of crime, and treats cultural anxiety as a problem that can be eliminated by removing people rather than managing change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

First of all, Friedman misapplies the “reckless” label.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2022

They said Ford “routinely discounts or minimizes reports of mistreatment or torture, and repeatedly misapplies the legal standards for asylum.”

From Reuters • Mar. 8, 2021

The heart of the law is a provision saying that, even when a state court misapplies the Constitution, a defendant cannot necessarily have his day in federal court.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 21, 2015

Such frases are not very definit and Tieck misapplies them constantly.

From Tieck's Essay on the Boydell Shakspere Gallery by Danton, George Henry