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单词 misemployment
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misemploymentn.

Brit. /ˌmɪsɪmˈplɔɪm(ə)nt/, /ˌmɪsɛmˈplɔɪm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌmɪsəmˈplɔɪm(ə)nt/
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and employment n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, employment n.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + employment n. Compare slightly later misemploy v.
Wrong employment or use; improper application.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun]
abusion?1387
misusing1395
misusea1398
abusingc1450
abuse?1473
misordering1526
abusage1548
misusage1567
misemployment1597
missaw1614
misimprovement1644
abusivenessa1677
misemploying1686
violation1795
1597–8 Act 39 Eliz. c. 6 §1 The..misimploymentes Falsityes defrauding of the Trustes.
1646 R. Butcher Surv. & Antiq. Stamford ix. 33 A very pious and liberall guift, though..much abused by the avarice and misimployment of the Governours thereof.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 4 An improvident expence, and misemployment of their time and faculties.
1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 267 By our Negligence and Mis-employment they prove at last to have been bestowed in vain.
1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. xvi. 497 A misemployment of abstract words.
1877 M. Arnold Last Ess. on Church & Relig. 155 The risks which beset practice from the misemployment of such criticism.
1978 Daily Tel. 28 Nov. 12/3 Underemployment and misemployment could pass unnoticed..much more easily in the public sector than in a private company.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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