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Misemploy

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mis⋅em⋅ploy

[mis-em-ploi]
–verb (used with object)
to use for the wrong purpose; use wrongly or improperly; misuse.

Origin:
1600–10; mis- 1 + employ


mis⋅em⋅ploy⋅ment, noun

Misemploy

Mis`em*ploy"\, v. t. To employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages, talents, etc.

Their frugal father's gains they misemploy. --Dryden.
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