misallocation
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7.5
- noun
- /ˌmɪsˌæləˈkeɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
asignación errónea
- The government's budget revealed a significant misallocation of funds intended for education.
- misallocation of resources
And I'm not to think that it, it is a, it is a misallocation of responsibility.
- And I'm not to think that it, it is a, it is a misallocation of responsibility.
Examples
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That would be gross misallocation of funds, but just making sure you know.
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Trade protection, in contrast, leads to a sustained misallocation of resources and a lower total output.
Academic text (1990) -
The result is misallocation of resources on very wide scale.
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Where was that value signal when this massive misallocation was going on?
Blog text (28) -
Well, from my way of thinking, sir, this entire mission is a serious misallocation of valuable military resources.
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Domestic demand in Asia has been held back by several other factors, including a persistent misallocation of resources.
Academic text (2009) -
What bothers me is the misallocation and inefficient distribution of our tax money.
Blog text (10) -
The study identified that the main reasons for this slowdown in productivity were the misallocation of resources and market inefficiencies.
Academic text (2018) -
We properly criticize the misallocation of capital in China, with empty malls, apartment buildings, and whole cities.
Blog text (29) -
Robo-lending and the securitization it facilitates lead to the misallocation of capital and economic instability.
Blog text (2)
Synonyms
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5.3
Careless running of an organization or its money
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9.9
Money put into projects that fail to make money because of bad choices or wrong signals
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8.5
Poor or dishonest management of public services
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6.8
Poor management of people, money, or work
An uneven spread of something inside a system that makes it work poorly
Poor management of an organization or its money
Antonyms
How Appropriate
Surface Forms
Morphology
misallocation = allocation (transparent) = mis + allocate + ion
The meaning is directly derived from mis- ('wrongly') + allocation ('assignment of resources'), so learners who know the parts can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Misallocation breaks into mis- meaning 'wrong' and allocate meaning 'to put or give', a root you also see in location and local, which mean 'place'. So a misallocation is simply putting money, time, or effort in the wrong place or for the wrong purpose.