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misemploying

misemploying is the present participle and gerund of misemploy.

Meaning of misemploy

Verb

misemploy (third-person singular simple present misemploys, present participle misemploying, simple past and past participle misemployed)

  1. (transitive) To employ incorrectly; to misuse.

Questions about misemploying

What is misemploying the present participle and gerund of?
Misemploying is the present participle and gerund of misemploy.

Words near misemploying in the dictionary

  1. misemphasized
  2. misemphasizes
  3. misemphasizing
  4. misemploy
  5. misemployed
  6. misemploying
  7. misemployment
  8. misemployments
  9. misemploys
  10. misempower
  11. misempowered

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misemploying (page history and authors); misemploy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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