Malemploy

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To hire (somebody for work or a job) for which the person is overqualified or overeducated.

    "Yesterday our local restaurant malemployed a new waitress with a degree in astrophysics."

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"Yesterday our local restaurant malemployed a new waitress with a degree in astrophysics."

Etymology

From mal- + employ.

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