Misapplication
noun
The incorrect or inappropriate use of something.
The misapplication of funds led to the company's bankruptcy.
Often appears as...
- misapplication of funds
- misapplication of resources
noun
The incorrect or inappropriate use of something.
The misapplication of funds led to the company's bankruptcy.
Often appears as...
- misapplication of funds
- misapplication of resources
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotations
Misapplication implies a negative outcome from using something wrongly.
The engineer's misapplication of the instructions caused the machine to malfunction.
Pro Tip 2/3Intentional or Accidental
Misapplication can refer to both intentional abuse or an honest mistake.
His misapplication of the technique was due to a lack of understanding.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
The impact of misapplication can vary greatly depending on the context.
In medicine, misapplication of a treatment can be extremely dangerous.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotations
Misapplication implies a negative outcome from using something wrongly.
The engineer's misapplication of the instructions caused the machine to malfunction.
Pro Tip 2/3Intentional or Accidental
Misapplication can refer to both intentional abuse or an honest mistake.
His misapplication of the technique was due to a lack of understanding.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
The impact of misapplication can vary greatly depending on the context.
In medicine, misapplication of a treatment can be extremely dangerous.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotations
Misapplication implies a negative outcome from using something wrongly.
The engineer's misapplication of the instructions caused the machine to malfunction.
Pro Tip 2/3Intentional or Accidental
Misapplication can refer to both intentional abuse or an honest mistake.
His misapplication of the technique was due to a lack of understanding.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
The impact of misapplication can vary greatly depending on the context.
In medicine, misapplication of a treatment can be extremely dangerous.
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Video examples
History vs. Sigmund...
supposedly repressed memories of childhood abuse that never happened. Lives and families were torn apart. You can’t blame Freud for later misapplications of his work— that would be projecting. Plenty of his ideas were harmful without any misapplication.
Video examples
History vs. Sigmund...
supposedly repressed memories of childhood abuse that never happened. Lives and families were torn apart. You can’t blame Freud for later misapplications of his work— that would be projecting. Plenty of his ideas were harmful without any misapplication.
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Quote examples
Tom Bissell
American Journalist
I like reading books with both hands, with my heart pumping, with blood on the page. So I'm interested in people who make stuff, and I'm interested in the lives that make the text. To read a book or watch a movie any other way, to me, personally, feels like a waste of time and misapplication of energy.
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N. K. Jemisin
American Writer
There's a tendency in American thought - maybe elsewhere, but that's the culture I know best - to default to social Darwinism, even though even Darwin noted that's a misapplication of his ideas.
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Tom Bissell
American Journalist
I like reading books with both hands, with my heart pumping, with blood on the page. So I'm interested in people who make stuff, and I'm interested in the lives that make the text. To read a book or watch a movie any other way, to me, personally, feels like a waste of time and misapplication of energy.
Quote examples
N. K. Jemisin
American Writer
There's a tendency in American thought - maybe elsewhere, but that's the culture I know best - to default to social Darwinism, even though even Darwin noted that's a misapplication of his ideas.
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