Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misemployment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-em-ploy-ment
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Wrong or unsuitable employment; misuse.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From mis- + employment.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Usage

Inflected Forms

misemployments (plural)

Questions

What does misemployment mean?: Wrong or unsuitable employment; misuse.
Where does misemployment come from?: From mis- + employment.

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