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Definition of Misemployed
1. misemploy [v] - See also: misemploy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misemployed
Literary usage of Misemployed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"... be neglected or misemployed ; — if we be found unfruitful in the knowledge of
the Lord Jesus, and in good works, — which are the fruits of faith in him, ..."
2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: And the Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides by James Boswell, Henry Morley (1885)
"... and the time and labour which have been devoted to it misemployed, I shall
content myself with opposing the authority of the greatest man of any age, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Spanish Painters: Comprehending that Part of Their Biography by A. O'Neil (1834)
"... not misemployed his time as far as correctness of design is concerned; but
his manner is too crude. He died in 1738.—Madrid. PAREJA (JUAN DE). ..."
4. Orthodox phrenology by Ambrose Lewis Vago (1871)
"... misemployed with more dangerous consequences than by the schoolmaster, who
should be inflexible, not 26. ..."
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