misemployment

/ˌmɪsɪmˈplɔɪmənt/
noun
  1. The act of using something in a wrong, improper, or wasteful way.
    • The teacher warned against the misemployment of scientific terms in the essay.
    • The misemployment of public funds led to a scandal in the city government.
    • His misemployment of the company's resources resulted in a major financial loss.
  2. A situation where someone is employed in a job that does not match their skills or qualifications.
    • The report highlighted the misemployment of engineers as taxi drivers in the region.
    • Many graduates face misemployment, working in jobs far below their education level.
    • She felt a sense of misemployment when her creative talents were ignored in the office.
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