malemploy

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Etymology[edit]

mal- +‎ employ

Verb[edit]

malemploy (third-person singular simple present malemploys, present participle malemploying, simple past and past participle malemployed)

  1. 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.

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