misemploy

 [mis-em-ploi]  

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

Related forms
mis·em·ploy·ment, noun
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