Definition of "misapplication" [mis•ap•pli•ca•tion]

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

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• "Alaska's attorney general, Daniel Sullivan, tells Newsweek that regulating business is a "misapplication" of the ESA."
• "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."
• "They presented model legislation to correct what they called the "misapplication" of the amendment."