misemploy
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
