misapply

How To Use misapply In A Sentence

• You are misapplying the name of this religious group
• Ogee and Gothic, we are misapplying words which have lost their original meaning; since the Goths have nothing to do with the style of architecture which has taken their name, and the word ogee or ogyve, which strictly means the semicircular form, is inaccurate as applied to the arch with a double curve, which has for so long been regarded as the basis, nay, as the characteristic stamp of a style. "[ The Cathedral
• Solicitors and other fiduciary agents who fraudulently misapply moneys of their clients often expect, or hope, that no loss will ultimately result to the client.
• Trevors and Abel badly misapply the concept of Shannon uncertainty in the paper you cite. Aiguy's Computer
• Just as troublesome as managers who still subscribe to Theory X, are those who misapply Theory Y. To Motivate Staffers, Are Carrots Better Than Sticks?
• But consumers can still misapply a self-tanner, resulting in a look that screams fake-bake. A Sunless Suntan That Takes On Wrinkles, Too
• When servicers misapply payments, lose paperwork, file incorrect foreclosure affidavits, or simply do not answer the phone or make available knowledgeable staffpersons, there are consequences to the consumer," she said. Fed Official Calls For Major Foreclosure Reforms
• But I wonder if his prescription fits the problem as neatly as the book suggests, and I worry that people will misapply his message.
• The fact that a national court might, on occasion, misapply the criteria, intentionally or unintentionally, does not render the exercise a failure.
• Yet thousands of churches see empty altars week after week and year after year and cover this sterile situation by misapplying the Scripture.