misemploy
[ mis-em-ploi ]
/ ˌmɪs ɛmˈplɔɪ /
verb (used with object)
to use for the wrong purpose; use wrongly or improperly; misuse.
RELATED WORDS
corrupt, exploit, pervert, squander, mistreat, debase, demean, misuse, blow, exhaust, drain, consume, lavish, deplete, dissipate, lose, divert, undermine, err, botch
Nearby words
- mise en scene,
- mise en scène,
- misease,
- miseducate,
- miseducation,
- miseno,
- misenus,
- miser,
- miser, the,
- miserabilism
Origin of misemploy
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for misemploy
To turn one of his colonels into my Spanish master would be seriously to misemploy his precious time.
The Actress in High Life|Sue Petigru Bowen