misemploy
verb[T]
uk/ˌmɪs.ɪmˈplɔɪ/us/ˌmɪs.ɪmˈplɔɪ/toemployaworkerin a way that is notrightoruseful:
Why dopeoplestayintheircurrentsituationif they are misemployed?
Thepersonis misemployed indealingwith afictitiouscase.
to use something in a way that is notrightoruseful:
Thisnotioncanproducedisastrousresultswhen it is misemployed.
Theyemployed- orrathermisemployed -weaponsofeconomicwarfare.
- Themajorityofpeopleare misemployed - they may beunderemployed, nothappywiththeirposition, or notfairlycompensatedfortheirskills.
- He said that somespeakersmisemployed the word “thee” for “thou”,perhapsbelievingit to be lessformal.
Applying for a job
- acquihire
- advertisement
- anoint
- anointed
- applicant
- assign
- elect
- get in
- go intosomething
- golden hello
- goonda
- handpicked
- nomination
- prospect
- resume
- retain
- rope
- self-constituted
- serving
- testimonial
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