verb
- to use wrongly or inappropriately; to employ badly or for the wrong purpose
Usage: formal
Examples
- The company misemployed its resources on unnecessary projects.
- He tends to misemploy his talents in trivial pursuits.
- The government was accused of misemploying public funds.
- She misemployed her time by focusing on unimportant details.
- The manager misemployed his authority to intimidate staff.
- They misemployed the equipment, causing it to break down.