misemployed

past tense of misemploy
as in abused
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

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Verb
  • She had been abused as a child and suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • For over a year, it was then used and abused for testing, much of it on Ferrari’s Fiorano track.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2025
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  • Just last week, one case was dismissed by a federal judge who said former Bojangles employees failed to show their data was misused as a result of the breach.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Now, new unsealed documents reveal the FBI was looking into whether the cybersecurity researcher, who lived in Bloomington and Carmel, misused federal research grants.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Misemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misemployed. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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