English

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Etymology

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From mis- +‎ occupation.

Noun

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misoccupation (countable and uncountable, plural misoccupations)

  1. Bad or wrong occupation.
    • 2004, Thomas Alan King, The Gendering of Men, 1600-1750, volume 1, page 67:
      [] a misoccupation of social spaces including the space of the body []