(v. t.) To apply wrongly; to use for a wrong purpose; as, to misapply a name or title; to misapply public money.
Example Sentences:
(1) The concept of normalization, if misapplied, can lead to the same result.
(2) Two patients were missing tubal rings on one side, and the remaining patient had a tubal ring misapplied to the round ligament.
(3) Problems have arisen because the concept has been misapplied.
(4) Finally, the evidence for misapplied constancy scaling in the horizontal-vertical illusion in relation to a retinal theory is discussed.
(5) Limited attempts to explain size illusions in terms of the projected stimuli that preserve perceptual constancy are by no means new; Thiéry (51) proposed such a view in the later part of the last century, and in recent times there has been a spate of such proposals including the " misapplied constancy hypothesis" advanced by Gregory (2).
(6) It is shown that his categories have been regularly misapplied in the interest of establishing the scientific status of psychoanalysis, or of proposing a new theoretical structure.
(7) Elastic traction is an important but occasionally misapplied component of upper-extremity dynamic splints.
(8) Because of his lack of clinical material or anecdotal illustration, Hartmann's theoretical scaffolding has been frequently misunderstood and misapplied.
(9) But even one it authors, Republican Jim Sensenbrenner, has questioned whether the act has been misapplied in the cases revealed to the Guardian by former CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
(10) But a team of academics re-examined the DfE's figures and said it had crudely distorted and misapplied the data.
(11) Suárez’s lawyer, Alejandro Balbi, successfully argued that Fifa had misapplied its own rules when considering the case and that the sanction it imposed on other football-related activities involving the Uruguayan was disproportionate.
(12) Statistical significance and P values are often misunderstood and frequently misapplied.
(13) Central to the argument is that the minister “misconstrued or misapplied” his powers to cancel Newman’s visa, and that he did not take into account Newman’s right to political communication.
(14) Anthony Hudson, representing the media that had applied for reporting restrictions to be lifted, had argued that the Judicial Proceedings (Regulation of Reports) Act 1926 was designed to "prevent injury to public morals" and was being misapplied as means of enforcing privacy in divorce proceedings.
(15) "A very tiny exception" Dominic Young, a former chairman of the NLA, argued that 2013's supreme court case, which the ECJ concurred with, misapplied the temporary copying exemption.
(16) May said that at best stop and search applied fairly could lead to arrests and build community confidence in the police but at worst when it was misapplied it undermined public confidence and wasted police time.
(17) If the tribunal misunderstands the code, or misapplies it, they’ve applied a standard which is not the standard of conduct applicable to the conduct of the practitioner.
(18) (5) Apply epidemiological expertise where it is called for, and do not misapply it where it is unlikely to help.
(19) He said: "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it, and then misapplying the wrong remedies."
(20) BP misinterprets and misapplies data while ignoring published literature that doesn’t support its claims,” the trustees said in a statement .
Misuse
Definition:
(v. t.) To treat or use improperly; to use to a bad purpose; to misapply; as, to misuse one's talents.
(v. t.) To abuse; to treat ill.
(n.) Wrong use; misapplication; erroneous or improper use.
(n.) Violence, or its effects.
Example Sentences:
(1) A thorough nursing assessment is essential to detect and correct drug misuse and to diagnose drug abuse.
(2) Eleven per cent of the courses that responded provided no formal substance misuse training.
(3) Buckingham Palace was drawn into the dispute when it was revealed that Pownall had sought advice from the Lord Chamberlain, a key officer in the royal household, on the potential misuse of the portcullis emblem due to it being the property of the Queen.
(4) In some areas veterans are waiting up to 42 weeks for certain psychology services.” He added: “We also welcome the call for the Ministry of Defence to publish a comprehensive strategy on alcohol misuse.
(5) The implications of qualitative and quantitative differences among love, sex and commitment are discussed in relation to (1) the concept of "multiple selves," (2) "individual variations in threshold levels," and (3) the misuse of "ideal types."
(6) Benzodiazepine (BD) misuse and dependence in 80 patients, 1974-1983 undergoing withdrawal treatment, were investigated by means of case histories and catamnestic inquiries.
(7) These accusations seek to make her an accomplice to a misuse of public funds through her parliamentary assistant’s contract.
(8) During the period October, 1970, to October, 1972, a sample of 295 patients attending Special Clinics in the City of Glasgow participated in an investigation into drug misuse.
(9) Methods to prevent polypharmacy and drug misuse have not been well studied.
(10) Professor David Nutt, director of the neuropsychopharmacology unit at Imperial College, London, and former chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs , said the report provided strong evidence "that the costs of the current punitive approaches to cannabis control are massively disproportionate to the harms of the drug, and shows that more sensible approaches would provide significant financial benefits to the UK as well as reducing social exclusion and injustice".
(11) A simple one clause Abolition of Privacy Bill: "The tort of misuse of private information is hereby abolished" might be thought to be sufficient.
(12) It is “almost too late” to stop a global superbug crisis caused by the misuse of antibiotics, a leading expert has warned.
(13) Results are discussed in light of the finding that not much time is devoted to substance misuse in the professional preparation of these health care providers.
(14) Newspapers have been lobbying hard to stave off a Leveson law of any kind, arguing that the press is already subject to laws ranging from libel to data protection and computer misuse acts to guard against illegal activities.
(15) Scotland Yard said the 15-year-old was questioned on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act, but freed on bail on Tuesday morning pending further inquiries.
(16) However, 38.7% of these subjects were not alcohol misusers.
(17) Drug-taking was, in effect, decriminalised by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 , ever since when the authorities have deployed the rhetoric of toughness to conceal the truth that we are free to take drugs with impunity, knowing our crime will probably be ignored, or at worst not punished but "treated".
(18) The prevalence of alcohol misuse is similar for all exercise categories.
(19) Some psychiatrists misuse theoretical concepts beyond their generally accepted dimensions in an attempt to support a conclusion favorable to a litigant or defendant.
(20) AT as well as RFB may be considered "misused" in having them replace the therapeutical and understanding conversation between doctor and patients, in a mechanistic way.