Sentence examples for a misapplication of language from inspiring English sources

This is a misapplication of language that Hannah Smith regards as deeply insulting.

Can the same be said for science — that the misuse and misapplication of language could corrupt research?

Throughout his career, which remained centred at Oxford, he attempted as Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy (1945 68), in his writings, and as editor (1948 71) of the journal Mind to dissipate confusion arising from the misapplication of language.

We contend that this is a misapplication of the ICF.

Ms. Goldman sees the policy as overcautious and as a misapplication of the law.

"What I saw was a misapplication of just criminal proportions," Mr. Butler said.

Enron has said that a misapplication of that rule accounted for most of the improperly reported profits.

This is a misapplication of the term that obscures much of the dynamic nature of these interactions8.

Where Blumer argued that polling rests on a misapplication of social science, Rogers argued that it rests on a misunderstanding of American democracy.

The committee said that the error had crept into European Union regulations because of a "misapplication of the original guidance" under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

In addition, stretching the meaning of certain terms in the definition, such as a group "in part" and "destroy," also suggests a misapplication of the word "genocide".