misemploy
verb
mis·em·ploy ˌmis-im-ˈplȯi 
-em-
misemployed; misemploying
transitive verb
: to use (something) in a wrong or harmful way
The series also tells the story of the fantastic scientific achievements of the time, achievements which would later be misemployed by Hitler's war machine. 
Continental Choice
Continental Choice misemployment
ˌmis-im-ˈplȯi-mənt
noun -em-
plural misemployments
the misemployment of her time and talents
Synonyms
- abuse
- misapply
- misuse
- pervert
- profane
- prostitute
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Word History
First Known Use
1594, in the meaning defined above
misemploys
verb
as in abuses
to put to a bad or improper use a creative talent who was misemployed at the advertising agency as an account manager instead of a copywriter Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- abuses
- misuses
- misapplies
- perverts
- prostitutes
- mismanages
- degrades
- profanes
- twists
- desecrates
- corrupts
- debases
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- uses
- employs
- applies
- utilizes
- respects
- for aye
- for better or (for) worse
- for better or for worse
- for better or worse
- for certain
- for cheap
- for color
- for company
- for crying out loud
- for dear life
- for decoration
- for example
- for fair
- for fear of
- for free
- for future reference
- for good
- for good and all
- for good and for ill
- for good behavior
- for good measure
- for goodness' sake
- for heaven's sake
- for hire
- for instance