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misemploy

/mɪsɛmplˈɔɪ/ verb

To employ incorrectly; to misuse.

Word Origin From Proto-Germanic missa- 'wrong' and Latin implicare 'to involve, entangle' — literally 'to fold in wrongly.' Employ comes from Latin implicare 'to enfold, involve,' which is from in- 'in' + plicare 'to fold.' The root plicare gives us complicate (fold together), duplicate (fold twice), and explicit (folded open). So misemploy is a great example of how 'folding' became a metaphor for using someone's services, and then 'mis-' added the wrong twist.

verb To employ incorrectly; to misuse.

Companies often misemploy their resources by investing in ineffective marketing strategies.

(动词) 误用

公司常常通过投资无效的营销策略来错误地使用资源。

(verbo) Emplear incorrectamente; usar de manera indebida.

Las empresas a menudo usan mal sus recursos al invertir en estrategias de marketing ineficaces.

(verbe) mal employer; mésuser de; mal utiliser [Employer de façon incorrecte ou inappropriée ; utiliser à mauvais escient.]

Les entreprises misemploient souvent leurs ressources en investissant dans des stratégies marketing inefficaces.

(Verb) falsch einsetzen; missbrauchen [Etwas falsch, unangemessen oder ineffizient einsetzen oder verwenden.]

Unternehmen **misemploy** ihre Ressourcen häufig, indem sie in unwirksame Marketingstrategien investieren.

(動詞) 誤って使う、誤用する。

企業は効果のないマーケティング戦略に投資することで、資源を誤用することがよくあります。

(verbo) empregar mal; usar indevidamente; utilizar incorretamente; mal empregar [Empregar incorretamente; usar de forma indevida.]

As empresas frequentemente usam mal seus recursos ao investir em estratégias de marketing ineficazes.

Synonyms: misuse misapply abuse mishandle misappropriate squander waste mistreat Antonyms: use employ utilize apply
Word parts: mis + employ

Related words

employee employer employment unemployed unemployable imply implication implicate complicate complicated complication explicit explicate explication duplicate

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