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Discover LudwigThe word 'misapplied' is correct and usable in written English
It means to wrongly apply or use something. Example: The law was misapplied in this case, leading to an unjust ruling.
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His new book (reviewed here) focuses on the 1930s lessons that were misapplied in the recent crisis.
Despite his courtly manner in private, which so charmed Ms Albright, the mantle of statesman seems misapplied for the old curmudgeon.
But if Mr Cameron returns to Downing Street, it could seem tragically misapplied.
Significantly, the founders of re-engineering accept many of these charges, though they blame cack-handed consultants who, they say, misunderstood and misapplied their ideas.
Of these, severity matters the least, reckons Mr Kleiman, and there is a trade-off: the harsher the punishment, the more legal safeguards are required to ensure it is not misapplied.
Though sometimes misapplied or overprolonged, it helped bridge the gap between tribal systems and the new movements toward democracy and unity.
Growth theory, particularly the Harrod Domar growth equation, has been frequently applied or misapplied to the economic planning of a developing country.
Independent agencies evaluate and compare the major credit bureaus, sometimes revealing errors and problems that have included mistaken identities, misapplied charges or debts, uncorrected errors, misleading information, and credit inconsistencies.
Second, it is misapplied; it means spoiling in the sense of robbery or plunder.
Infini tristesse @Independent The word "legend" is often misapplied to musicians or performers.
And, since the idea was misapplied from small village or civic communities to great sovereign nation-states, Rousseau was also the prophet of a nationalism that he never advocated.
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