Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MISEMPLOY
v.t.To employ to no purpose, or to a bad purpose; as, to misemploy time, power, advantages, talents, etc.
MISEMPLOYED
pp. Used to no purpose, or to a bad one.
MISEMPLOYING
ppr. Using to no purpose, or to a bad one.
MISEMPLOYMENT
n.Ill employment; application to no purpose, or to a bad purpose.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MISEMPLOY
MISEMPLOY Mis `em *ploy ", v. t.
Defn: To employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages, talents, etc. Their frugal father's gains they misemploy. Dryden.
MISEMPLOYMENT
MISEMPLOYMENT Mis `em *ploy "ment, n.
Defn: Wrong or mistaken employment. Johnson.
New American Oxford Dictionary
misemploy
mis em ploy |ˌmisˌimˈploi ˌmɪsɛmˈplɔɪ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] employ or use (something ) wrongly or improperly. DERIVATIVES mis em ploy ment noun
Oxford Dictionary
misemploy
mis |em ¦ploy |mɪsɪmˈplɔɪ, -ɛm- | ▶verb [ with obj. ] employ or use (something ) wrongly or improperly. DERIVATIVES misemployment noun
The Wordsmith Dictionary