To employ to no purpose, or to a bad purpose; as, to misemploy time, power, advantages, talents, etc.
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To employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages, talents, etc.
Used to no purpose, or to a bad one.
Using to no purpose, or to a bad one.
Ill employment; application to no purpose, or to a bad purpose.
Wrong or mistaken employment.
Misuse Roget’s Thesaurus §679
N. misuse, misusage, misemployment, # misapplication, misappropriation, abuse, profanation, prostitution, desecration, waste
V. misuse, misemploy, misapply, misappropriate, desecrate, abuse, profane, prostitute, waste, overtask, overtax, overwork, squander, cut blocks with a razor, employ a steam engine to crack a nut, catch at a straw
Adj. misused
Phr. ludere cum sacris, 1, simple voluntary action
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