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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Misemploy

· Mis·em·ploy · IPA
01 v. t. To employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages, talents, etc.
  1. 1.
    To employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages, talents, etc.
    “Their frugal father's gains they misemploy.” Dryden.