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"2": "mis",
"3": "employ"
},
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"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "mis- + employ",
"forms": [
{
"form": "misemploys",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "misemploying",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "misemployed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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},
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"glosses": [
"To employ incorrectly; to misuse."
],
"id": "en-misemploy-en-verb-ThMBLAR4",
"links": [
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],
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"misuse"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To employ incorrectly; to misuse."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"word": "misemploy"
}
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},
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{
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"To employ incorrectly; to misuse."
],
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"(transitive) To employ incorrectly; to misuse."
],
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]
}
],
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