misemploy

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More frequent use of the plural in nouns; of the article; of the strong inflection; auxiliaries omitted or misemployed.

From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by Preyer, William T.

To which he replies that, as long as there are hands unemployed and misemployed, a government such as he would see need never be at a loss for labourers.

From The Life of John Ruskin by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)

Only it is a marvel the afternoon is sae dark for the time of the year—Sabbath has slipped ower quietly, but we have reason to bless oursells it has not been altogether misemployed.

From Redgauntlet by Scott, Walter, Sir

The article the is misemployed for a; for, "the too frequent repetition," should mean some particular too frequent repetition—an idea not intended here, and in itself not far from absurdity.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

The time was not misemployed which he spent immured in caverns and carousing with robbers.

From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Brown, Charles Brockden