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malemploying

malemploying is the present participle and gerund of malemploy.

Meaning of malemploy

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.

Questions about malemploying

What is malemploying the present participle and gerund of?
Malemploying is the present participle and gerund of malemploy.

Words near malemploying in the dictionary

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

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