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

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

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

All trust in constitutions is grounded on the assurance they may afford, not that the depositaries of power will not, but that they can not misemploy it.

From Considerations on Representative Government by Mill, John Stuart