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
  • Trump contends blue slips are being abused as a tool of partisan obstruction.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
  • To an aspiring autocrat, power exists so that it can be abused.
    Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • The report also detailed how its AI capabilities were being misused by North Korean operatives who used it to obtain remote jobs at tech companies.
    Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Sensitive information could be stored, analyzed, or misused without families fully knowing.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Misemployed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misemployed. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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