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malemploy

malemploy verb: to hire (somebody for work or a job) for which the person is overqualified or overeducated.

Verb

malemploy (third-person singular simple present malemploys, present participle malemploying, simple past and past participle malemployed)

  1. (transitive) To hire (somebody for work or a job) for which the person is overqualified or overeducated.
    • Yesterday our local restaurant malemployed a new waitress with a degree in astrophysics.

Forms of malemploy

third-person singular presentmalemploys
present participlemalemploying
past participlemalemployed
pastmalemployed

Origin of malemploy

From mal- + employ.

Questions about malemploy

What does malemploy mean?
Malemploy means to hire (somebody for work or a job) for which the person is overqualified or overeducated.
What part of speech is malemploy?
Malemploy is a verb.
What is the past tense of malemploy?
The past tense of malemploy is malemployed.

Words near malemploy in the dictionary

  1. maleless
  2. malelessness
  3. Malema
  4. malemiut
  5. malemiuts
  6. malemploy
  7. malemployed
  8. malemploying
  9. malemployment
  10. malemploys
  11. malemute

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