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malemploy

verb

Etymology

From mal- + employ.

  1. derived from implicō
  2. derived from emploiier
  3. derived from emploier
  4. inherited from emploien
  5. prefixed as malemploy — “mal + employ”

Definitions

  1. To hire (somebody for work or a job) for which the person is overqualified or…

    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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA