misemploy
Example Sentences
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You will not only misemploy your time for the present, but impede your power for the future.'
From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas
Yet, bred in errors, thou dost misemploy That strength heaven gave thee, and its flock destroy.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by Scott, Walter, Sir
Do misemploy, misuse, and pervert apply to persons or things?
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
V. misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate. desecrate, abuse, profane, prostitute: waste &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
To turn one of his colonels into my Spanish master would be seriously to misemploy his precious time.
From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru
