Word: malemploy
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: ma
lem
ploy
Definition: To hire (somebody for work or a job) for which the person is overqualified or overeducated.
Morphemes:
Affix: mal-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad, badly as in maladjusted, malcontent - faulty, faultily as in malfunction
Etymology Compounds: Affix: mal-
Language: fro
Decoded: mal-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: bad; badly
Affix: employ
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To hire (somebody for work or a job).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: in
Language: la
Decoded: in
Meaning: in
Affix: plicare
Language: la
Decoded: plicare
Meaning: to fold