misapplication love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A wrong or false application or purpose.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A wrong application.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The misuse of something, incorrectly using (applying) something, a wrong application.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
  • noun wrong use or application

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Examples

  • Alaska's attorney general, Daniel Sullivan, tells Newsweek that regulating business is a "misapplication" of the ESA.

    A Climatic Showdown in Alaska 2010

  • Friday, USA Taekwondo filed an unsuccessful protest, arguing that a "misapplication" of the rules resulted in a point being deducted from Lopez late in regulation time of his fight with Mauro Sarmiento of Italy.

    Kicking and screaming: Ban possible after Cuban pops ref 2008

  • Steve King of Iowa, George Miller of California and Rob Woodall and Phil Gingrey, both of Georgia, said the current practice of extending U.S. citizenship to so-called "anchor babies" is a "misapplication" of the Constitution's 14th Amendment.

    FOXNews.com 2011

  • Steve King of Iowa, George Miller of California and Rob Woodall and Phil Gingrey, both of Georgia, said the current practice of extending U.S. citizenship to so-called "anchor babies" is a "misapplication" of the Constitution's 14th Amendment.

    FOXNews.com foxnewsonline@foxnews.com 2011

  • They presented model legislation to correct what they called the "misapplication" of the amendment.

    Phillies Zone 2011

  • As a practical matter, we expect to see serious problems, because of widespread confusion and misapplication of the law.

    Election Day 2010 Voting Problems Expected; Call Centers Are Open The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • As a practical matter, we expect to see serious problems, because of widespread confusion and misapplication of the law.

    Election Day 2010 Voting Problems Expected; Call Centers Are Open The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • This is not only a misreading of Jesus' words in Matthew 28:19-20 but a misapplication of their meaning as well.

    Steve McSwain: Evangelical Leaders Gloomy Over Losing Influence In America Steve McSwain 2011

  • As I've said before, the bill is really just a messy handjob for the insurance industry now that the GOP has forced all effective provisions out of it thru fear mongering, misinformation and rabble-rousing people dumb enough to think that misapplication of the pseudo-epithet "soshulism" is a rational argument.

    Landrieu to support health care reform bill 2009

  • As a practical matter, we expect to see serious problems, because of widespread confusion and misapplication of the law.

    Election Day 2010 Voting Problems Expected; Call Centers Are Open The Huffington Post News Team 2010

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