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All employ antonyms

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verb employ

  • dismiss — to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
  • waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
  • surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
  • yield — to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation: This farm yields enough fruit to meet all our needs.
  • take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • fire — combustion
  • ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • lay off — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • misuse — wrong or improper use; misapplication.
  • shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
  • discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
  • release — to lease again.
  • forfeit — a fine; penalty.
  • lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
  • disemploy — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
  • misemploy — to use for the wrong purpose; use wrongly or improperly; misuse.

noun employ

  • unemployment — the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.
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