Sentence examples for misuse of time from inspiring English sources

The prosecution, regardless of the verdict, was a colossal misuse of time and money aimed, it seems, at making an example of a larger-than-life figure whose greatest sin was being an unlikable home run king.

But it was also only a symptom of a larger mistake -- a misuse of time.

However, the truth is that the work of converting others can be a misuse of time and energy, and can be a foolish enterprise.

If you are collecting hundreds of individuals, dealing with many mortar and pestles is a misuse of time considering the actual volume of RNA generated is more than necessary.

Minutes after Rep. Boehner's press conference, White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs blasted the GOP time-travel mission as "an insult to the spirit of bipartisanship and a gross misuse of time-travel technology".

"It would be a misuse of our time to put any thought into that now.

The infrequent cases of mandatory overtime resulted from the misuse of sick time, he said.

After a troubled tenure that included accusations of racism and a three-week suspension for the misuse of city time, Hartford's fire chief has resigned.

According to the Ethics Resource Center, a nonprofit research organization, the No. 1 misconduct observed — by a third of 4,800 respondents — was misuse of company time.

This incident did not affect the outcome of the governor's race; it did prompt a local investigation, which is now apparently also a federal investigation, into misuse of public time for political purposes.

Jack Straw, the former home secretary who in 1997 ordered the inquiry that led to the 1999 Macpherson report, said: "I'm profoundly shocked by this and by what amounts to a misuse of police time and money and entirely the wrong priorities".