mishire
/mɪsˈhaɪə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To hire an unsuitable person for a job.
noun
An unsuitable person who has been mishired.
Example Sentences
- "Whether it be a banker that mishires a teller that steals money, whether it be industry that mishires an accountant, regardless. of what it may be, the best they can do is remove him when they find him guilty of wrongdoing after he has come into the organization."
- "Worse, many times they hire someone they thought was just like what they wanted, but – because of imprecision in the screening and interviewing process — the person wasn't even that! It's very easy to mishire people for jobs at which, realistically, their innate shortcomings will prevent them from ever performing beyond a mediocre level."
- "Today's lawyers run the risk of feeding the "greedy, arrogant law firm" persona already well-established in the minds of most people when they mishire, mismanage, and improperly funnel resources."
- "Most mishires stem from the fact that some item of intelligence was not collected at the time of hiring."
- "As if the barrage of negative feedback was not evidence enough of a mishire, within six months her entire team quit, including me."
- "Perhaps even more important, alumni are known quantities; the risk of a costly mishire is almost completely eliminated."