Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To allocate (resources or capital, for example) wrongly or inappropriately.
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- verb transitive To
allocate incorrectly or inappropriately.
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Examples
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On the contrary, any other approach will be economically inefficient, since bank executives will not be properly incentivized to respond to market price signals and will misallocate capital.
Of Bailouts and Incentives Perversed Jamie Whyte 2011
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It would also minimize, if not eliminate, the tax favoritism and loopholes that misallocate labor and capital.
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Income disparity is getting worse as we continue to misallocate our public resources and fail to invest in human capital.
Al Checchi: For the Record Al Checchi 2011
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The only thing stimulus does is misallocate capital resources by distorting market signals that represent the actual preferences of the consumers.
Clearly, Lord Keynes's Ideas Aren't Working as Intended 2011
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Income disparity is getting worse as we continue to misallocate our public resources and fail to invest in human capital.
Al Checchi: For the Record Al Checchi 2011
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But, as Christensen notes, people with a high need for achievement commonly misallocate their resources favoring concrete measures such as money and career advancement.
Kathleen Gurney: How Are You Planning to Approach 2012? Are You a Resolver or Do You Have an Alternate Plan? Kathleen Gurney 2012
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Myles has a sniff of the basic Veblen/Bourdieu principle of cultural distinction through consumer choice, but he manages to misallocate his status markers.
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The longer they last, the more manias misallocate resources as investors ignore fundamentals and chase the crowd.
The LinkedIn Mania 2011
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But, as Christensen notes, people with a high need for achievement commonly misallocate their resources favoring concrete measures such as money and career advancement.
Kathleen Gurney: How Are You Planning to Approach 2012? Are You a Resolver or Do You Have an Alternate Plan? Kathleen Gurney 2012
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Income disparity is getting worse as we continue to misallocate our public resources and fail to invest in human capital.
Al Checchi: For the Record Al Checchi 2011
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