misemploy
Americanverb (used with object)
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All trust in constitutions is grounded on the assurance they may afford, not that the depositaries of power will not, but that they can not misemploy it.
From Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill
I do not mean to misemploy much of your time, which I know is always passed in good works, and usefully.
From Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings by Hester Lynch Piozzi
Do misemploy, misuse, and pervert apply to persons or things?
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald
But the Scottish Solomon who was on the alert, added another law restraining its cultivation 'to misuse and misemploy the soil of this fruitful Kingdom.'
From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by E. R. Billings
V. misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate. desecrate, abuse, profane, prostitute: waste &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
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