misemploy /mis-im-ploiˈ/

1. To employ wrongly or badly
2. To misuse

misemployˈment noun

• prickles
• pricklier
• prickliest
• prickliness
• pricklinesses
• prickling
• pricklings
• prick-louse
• prickly
• prickly ash
• prickly ashes
• prickly heat
• prickly pear
• prickly pears
• prickly poppies
• prickly poppy
• prick-me-dainty
• pricks
• prick-song
• prick spur
• prick spurs
• prick-teaser
• prick-the-garter
• prick-the-louse
• prick up one's ears