What does misemploy mean?
Definitions for misemploy
mis·em·ploy
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misemployverb
To employ incorrectly; to misuse.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Misemployverb
To use to wrong purposes.
Etymology: mis and employ.
Their frugal fathers gains they misemploy,
And turn to point and pearl, and ev’ry female toy. Dryd.Some taking things upon trust, misemploy their power by lazily enslaving their minds to the dictates of others. John Locke.
That vain and foolish hope, which is misemployed on temporal objects, produces many sorrows. Joseph Addison, Spect.
They grew dissolute and prophane; and by misemploying the advantages which God had thrown into their lap, provoked him to withdraw them. Francis Atterbury.
Webster Dictionary
Misemployverb
to employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages, talents, etc
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Misemploy
mis-em-ploi′, v.t. to employ wrongly or amiss: to misuse.—n. Misemploy′ment, ill-employment: improper application: misuse.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of misemploy in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of misemploy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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