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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One of the victims was 16 when Shroats allegedly abused her.—
Steven Rosenbaum,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026 -
The robots get stuck in potholes, can’t reach doorbells and are sometimes abused by humans.—
Nilesh Christopher,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, a lawsuit filed by former LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner is moving through the courts, alleging the district misused millions of dollars earmarked for arts and music instruction under Proposition 28.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Claude Code Security builds on over a year of research by the company’s Frontier Red Team, an internal group of about 15 researchers tasked with stress-testing the company’s most advanced AI systems and probing how they might be misused in areas such as cybersecurity.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Misemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misemployed. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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