Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
MISEMPLOY
Etymology
Verb
misemploy (third-person singular simple present misemploys, present participle misemploying, simple past and past participle misemployed)
(transitive) To employ incorrectly; to misuse.
Source: Wiktionary
Mis`em*ploy", v. t.
Definition: To employ amiss; as, to misemploy time, advantages, talents, etc. Their frugal father's gains they misemploy. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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