misemploy

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I do not mean to misemploy much of your time, which I know is always passed in good works, and usefully.

From Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings by Piozzi, Hester Lynch

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

V. misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate. desecrate, abuse, profane, prostitute: waste &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

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

But the Scottish Solomon who was on the alert, added another law restraining its cultivation 'to misuse and misemploy the soil of this fruitful Kingdom.'

From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by Billings, E. R.