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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

malemploy en · VERB

Etymology

From mal- + employ.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To hire (somebody for work or a job) for which the person is overqualified or overeducated.
    • Yesterday our local restaurant malemployed a new waitress with a degree in astrophysics.

Forms

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malemployed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
malemployed Tense=Past lexicographic
malemploys Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
malemploying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

malemployment