misimprove
verbEtymology From mis- + improve.
1
Archaic To use for a bad purpose; to misuse or squander.
- to misimprove time, talents, or advantages
- the smart of a misimproved Providence1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
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