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Employ wrongly (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

misuse

(Other definitions for misuse that I've seen before include "harm" , "Put to the wrong purpose" , "Employ or apply wrongly" , "Apply badly or incorrectly" , "Improper application" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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