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Antonyms for misemploy
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : mis-em-ploi |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɪs ɛmˈplɔɪ |
- acclaim
- accumulate
- adulate
- aid
- approve
- assist
- benefit
- bloom
- build
- care for
- cherish
- cleanse
- collect
- commend
- compliment
- create
- defend
- develop
- do well
- enhance
- esteem
- fill
- fix
- gather
- give
- grow
- guard
- handle
- help
- hoard
- honor
- improve
- increase
- maintain
- make happy
- manage
- please
- praise
- preserve
- prize
- protect
- purify
- raise
- respect
- revere
- rise
- save
- starve
- strengthen
- succeed
- treasure
- treat well
- upgrade
- use correctly
Definition of misemploy
- As in mishandle/mismanage : verb mess up
- As in misuse : verb abuse; apply wrongly
- As in prostitute : verb to put one's talent to an unworthy use
- As in abuse : verb use wrongly
- As in waste : verb spend or use without thought; dwindle
- As in mishandle : verb bobble
- As in misapply : verb misuse
- As in ill-treat : verb abuse
- As in ill-use : verb abuse
- To turn one of his colonels into my Spanish master would be seriously to misemploy his precious time.
- Extract from : « The Actress in High Life » by Sue Petigru Bowen
Synonyms for misemploy
- abuse
- atrophy
- be incompetent
- be inefficient
- be of no avail
- blow
- blunder
- botch
- brutalize
- bungle
- burn up
- cheapen
- confound
- consume
- corrode
- corrupt
- crumble
- cut up
- debase
- debauch
- debilitate
- decay
- decline
- decrease
- defalcate
- degrade
- demean
- deplete
- deprave
- desecrate
- devalue
- disable
- disappear
- dissipate
- divert
- drain
- droop
- eat away
- ebb
- emaciate
- embezzle
- empty
- enfeeble
- err
- exhaust
- exploit
- fade
- flub
- foul up
- fritter away
- frivol away
- fumble
- gamble away
- gnaw
- go through
- go to waste
- goof
- goof up
- gum up
- handle roughly
- harm
- ill-treat
- ill-use
- lavish
- lose
- make a hash of
- make a mess of
- maladminister
- maltreat
- maul
- mess up
- misapply
- misappropriate
- misconduct
- misdirect
- misemploy
- misgovern
- mishandle
- mismanager
- mistreat
- misuse
- molest
- muff
- outrage
- overburden
- overlook
- overtax
- overwork
- perish
- pervert
- pour down the drain
- profane
- prostitute
- put foot in
- run dry
- run through
- sap
- screw up
- shake up
- shoot oneself in foot
- sink
- splurge
- spoil
- squander
- steal
- taint
- thin
- throw away
- trifle away
- undermine
- vitiate
- wane
- waste
- wear
- wear out
- wilt
- wither
- wrong
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