Misemploy
101misappropriate — v 1. steal, peculate, embezzle, Law. defalcate; swindle, pocket, mulct, shark. 2. misuse, misemploy, misapply; abuse, profane, desecrate, prostitute, pervert; misspend, squander, waste, dissipate, Sl. blow …
102mishandle — v 1. mistreat, abuse, maltreat. See mistreat. 2. mismanage, misconduct, misgovern; bungle, fumble, blunder, botch, muddle, hash, make a mess of, mess up, misdo, Inf. muff, Inf. make a hash of, Sl. screw up; misuse, misemploy, misapply,… …
103misuse — n 1. misapplication, misemployment, misappropriation, misusage. v 2. misapply, misemploy, misappropriate; wrong, aggrieve, profane, disrespect, pervert, prostitute; exploit, impose upon, take advantage of. 3. abuse, mistreat, maltreat, mishandle …
104pervert — v 1. divert, deflect, turn, turn away, turn aside, avert, sidetrack, switch, Obs. prevaricate; wrench, wrest, wring, skew, shunt. 2. seduce, corrupt, subvert, demoralize, lead astray, lead away; tempt, allure, entice, inveigle; trap, entrap,… …
105profane — adj 1. irreverent, indevout, irreligious, infidel, impious, ungodly; secularist, atheistic, free thinking, disbelieving, unbelieving, faithless; blasphemous, sacrilegious, desecrative; heretical, not born again, unsaved, unchristian, impenitent,… …
106prostitute — n 1. harlot, whore, demire, slut, hussy, cocotte, demimondaine, loose woman, wanton, fallen woman, woman of ill repute, white slave; lady of the evening, lady of pleasure, woman of the profession, Mrs. Warren, Fr. fille de joie. trollop, strumpet …
107waste — v 1. squander, fritter away, fool away, dissipate, lose, misuse, misspend; expend, consume, use up, drain, exhaust, deplete; throw away, burn up, run through, go through, Sl. blow; disperse, scatter, spill, muddle away; splurge, lavish, play the… …
108abuse — [n1] wrong use corruption, crime, debasement, delinquency, desecration, exploitation, fault, injustice, misapplication, misconduct, misdeed, mishandling, mismanage, misuse, offense, perversion, prostitution, sin, wrong, wrongdoing; concept 156… …
109mishandle — / mismanage [v] mess up abuse, be incompetent, be inefficient, blow, blunder, botch*, bungle, confound, err, flub*, foul up, fumble, goof*, goof up*, gum up*, harm, make a hash of*, make a mess of*, maladminister, misapply, misconduct, misdirect …
110mismanage — mishandle / mismanage [v] mess up abuse, be incompetent, be inefficient, blow, blunder, botch*, bungle, confound, err, flub*, foul up, fumble, goof*, goof up*, gum up*, harm, make a hash of*, make a mess of*, maladminister, misapply, misconduct,… …
