Did the panel misapply the statute of limitations?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » My Detroit Free Press op ed on Sotomayor and Didden:] Reference
With lightning-like rapidity, to misapply a familiar line. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
And there are educators and parents who misapply even the best curricula. From Wordnik.com. [You're Ok, I'm Terrific: 'Self-Esteem' Backfires] Reference
Also, they have picked a dangerous time to misapply those sacred principles. From Wordnik.com. [Heather Robinson: NYC Trial Of High-level Terror Masterminds Will Violate Civil Liberties -- Of Americans] Reference
Don't say that we need to shut up because someone somewhere will misapply an idea. From Wordnik.com. ["If the theory's right..."] Reference
This conception is simply to misapply to tort doctrine applicable to sale and purchase. From Wordnik.com. [“Dead fly in water bottle” case to be decided by Supreme Court tomorrow : Law is Cool] Reference
Further, the reference research by Steele on stereotype threat and misapply the findings. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Short Posts Regarding Larry Summers, Civility, and Censorship] Reference
Trevors and Abel badly misapply the concept of Shannon uncertainty in the paper you cite. From Wordnik.com. [Aiguy's Computer] Reference
He was careful to clarify that we typically misapply this criterion or fail to follow it. From Wordnik.com. [a brief note on unfallen reason] Reference
If we cease applying pressure or misapply pressure, the greater the odds that this may pass. From Wordnik.com. [Carville: Only 57 Votes for ObamaCare in the Senate - Dan_Perrin’s blog - RedState] Reference
Does he lose his share, by continuing to misapply the lever-power provided for him by Nature?. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education] Reference
Just as troublesome as managers who still subscribe to Theory X, are those who misapply Theory Y. From Wordnik.com. [To Motivate Staffers, Are Carrots Better Than Sticks?] Reference
A well-informed Tory leadership could then see to it that Labour does not misapply 'Keynesianism'. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
From there: some people, including at least one news service, misapply the term “target letter.”. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Luskin’s Word Parsing Suggests Rove Is A Target] Reference
I'm well aware that it's easy to misapply the hero's journey to many short series of narrative events. From Wordnik.com. [WoW-nnui] Reference
And, SECONDLY, Whether it be not ridiculously absurd to misapply names contrary to the common use of language?. From Wordnik.com. [Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous] Reference
We misapply the concept to a rock rolling down a hill when we say the rock's purpose is to reach the lowest point. From Wordnik.com. [Continuation…] Reference
Anderson is doing the same isolation of statements as practiced by the Courts as the misread and misapply Presser. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Sotomayor vs. the Second Amendment, Part II:] Reference
That which would be true in relation to one predicament, they misapply to another, to which it has no application at all. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
I hate it when people ignorantly misuse biological terms like “adapt” or “adaptation” and/or misapply them to humans. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Sunday Song Lyric:] Reference
They frequently misapply speed reading techniques then claim failure without mentioning the fact they are reading the book upside down. From Wordnik.com. [Speed Reading: Fact or Fiction? « Articles « Literacy News] Reference
However, so long as they continue to engage in poor practice, misapply statistics etc, they can expect to come under increasing scrutiny. From Wordnik.com. [Juckes Omnibus « Climate Audit] Reference
Medici of Manhattan! how grossly we Yankees do misapply titles!. From Wordnik.com. [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6] Reference
Their is no Practice more frequent than for an Author to misapply his. From Wordnik.com. [A Vindication of the Press] Reference
It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. From Wordnik.com. [The Ruth Group] Reference
And what is exactly known people have somehow or other contrived to misapprehend and misapply. From Wordnik.com. [Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation] Reference
Nothing is more incident to man, than to misapply his desires, and to overate his reasonable duty. From Wordnik.com. [A Series of Letters in Defence of Divine Revelation] Reference
But Bobby had now ceased to drop or misapply his aitches -- though he still had some trouble with his R's. From Wordnik.com. [Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure] Reference
States the honour to copy incorrectly, and absolutely to misapply, certain leading features of our organic law. From Wordnik.com. [France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889] Reference
When scientists give something a simple name like "relativity," people assume they understand it and misapply it. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Ecological economists misapply economic techniques to defend subjective (and predetermined?) environmental positions. From Wordnik.com. [Environmental Economics] Reference
The Princess had a peculiar pleasure in learning such things and would often subtly misapply them in order to be corrected. From Wordnik.com. [Patsy] Reference
It was very characteristic of Madame Frabelle to catch up an idea or a phrase, misapply it, and then firmly regard it as her own. From Wordnik.com. [Love at Second Sight] Reference
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