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misemployment

misemployment noun: wrong or unsuitable employment; misuse.

Noun

misemployment (countable and uncountable, plural misemployments)

  1. Wrong or unsuitable employment; misuse.

Forms of misemployment

pluralmisemployments

Origin of misemployment

From mis- + employment.

Questions about misemployment

What does misemployment mean?
Misemployment means wrong or unsuitable employment; misuse.
What part of speech is misemployment?
Misemployment is a noun.
What is the plural of misemployment?
The plural of misemployment is misemployments.

Words near misemployment in the dictionary

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

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