misused words are often laughable but one weeps for misused talents.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

"We just don't want to see the term misused any longer.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Organic Consumers Association News Headlines] Reference

I am careful not to gamble away the integrity of my identity, not to have my name misused.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making Great Decisions Reflections] Reference

And the fact freedom can be misused is no reason not to wantit.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » So a Libertarian and a Liberal Walk into a Bar] Reference

Seeing quotation marks misused is a distraction from your message.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Voices in English » East Timor: Thoughts on Abortion A Few Days Before Law Approval] Reference

"How it was used and, in my view, misused is what I take issue with.".    From Wordnik.com.  [John Thune Begins Potential 2012 Bid By Skirting TARP Vote] Reference

Typically, voter registration data is accessible - excluding private information that could be 'misused' - so that voters can check their registration status.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voter Registration Discrepancies May Result in Voter Suppression] Reference

Anderson name misused in Evolv nutraceutical water advertising.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science]

Anderson name misused in Evolv nutraceutical water advertising Who knew?.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

M.D. Anderson name misused in Evolv nutraceutical water advertising Biotechnology.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

Erstwhile -- Having seen this word misused at least twice this week on blogs I respect.    From Wordnik.com.  [The ADD Blog at Comic Book Galaxy] Reference

Tess would like a dollar for every time she had heard that word misused by television journalists.    From Wordnik.com.  [In a Strange City]

He spoke of Kossuth, and said it was a pity to see the grand old man's name misused by the extreme faction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Dumany's Wife] Reference

In our land our hearts ache to see these terms misused, and that called wealth which is so far from worth the having.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Singing Mouse Stories] Reference

St. Louis Better Business Bureau fields complaints about Dayton firm Better Business Bureau says its name misused in lottery winnings scam.    From Wordnik.com.  [daytondailynews.com - News] Reference

The NP welcomed the agreement on the Truth Bill, but warned that its provisions could still be "misused".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Look around the country, I'm sure there are elected officials from both parties currently "misused" taxpayers 'dollars.    From Wordnik.com.  [First on the Ticker: GOP support for Sanford impeachment grows] Reference

National Party justice spokesman Danie Schutte welcomed agreement on the Bill, but warned that its provisions could still be "misused".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Are the terms misused?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Simulating terror] Reference

'Moderate' label misused April 27, 2010.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spokesman.com: Latest stories] Reference

Ok, perhaps he can tell us how the memo was "misused".    From Wordnik.com.  [Center for American Progress Action Fund] Reference

We've all seen the signs with "misused" quotation marks.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScrippsNews] Reference

Judges find Wiliardi 'misused' authority to help Antasari.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jakarta Post Breaking News] Reference

Mrs May said powers had been "misused" under the last government.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference

Anti-terror powers were being "misused" to restrict lawful protest, the committee said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evening Standard - Home] Reference

Citing the recent debate in London over allegations that some of its funds had been "misused" in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Headlines] Reference

Obama is shocked that people "misused" some of the hundreds of billions of dollars the government doled out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Asymmetric] Reference

Conference of Mayors that taxpayers 'money was "misused" and the program was implemented without proper planning.    From Wordnik.com.  [SacBee -- Latest News] Reference

The agency said that first the Arab and then Western media "misused" the harmless incident for their own purposes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

Baumbach's was unfortunately plagued by egregious editing errors such as misused words, missing words, and randomly introduced names.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stumbling Over Chaos] Reference

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has acknowledged that he "misused" immigration figures, after being criticised by the statistics watchdog.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Rumour Service] Reference

ElKhatib says that the Ministry of Health has not issued any such rule and denies that paramedics have to pay for "misused" electrodes.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

There is no room for funding from the Fed to be 'misused' as banks already can obtain virtually unlimited funding by FDIC insured deposits.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

"misused" in China in 2009, a government report has said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference

Like anything else that is pleasurable, the Net can be misused.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can We Become Caught In The Web?] Reference

To be sure, faith has been misused by some, but faith is not a "mental leap," it is a gift.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters] Reference