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misemploy
[ mis-em-ploi ]
/ ˌmɪs ɛmˈplɔɪ /
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verb (used with object)
to use for the wrong purpose; use wrongly or improperly; misuse.
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OTHER WORDS FROM misemploy
mis·em·ploy·ment, nounWords nearby misemploy
mise, misease, miseducate, mise en place, mise en scène, misemploy, mis en bouteilles, Miseno, Misenus, miser, miserabilism
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How to use misemploy in a sentence
To turn one of his colonels into my Spanish master would be seriously to misemploy his precious time.
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