misallocate
Americanverb (used with object)
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Etymology
Origin of misallocate
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
If we misallocate capital, we absorb the loss.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
If anyone in crypto billed themselves as the kind of actors who wouldn’t incinerate, misallocate, or steal customers’ money, it was Bankman-Fried and FTX.
From Slate • Oct. 3, 2023
Unlike the center, we don't have the resources to misallocate and we do face real constraints.
From Salon • Sep. 24, 2020
Governments could hardly misallocate resources that would otherwise be unemployed.
From Economist • Dec. 17, 2014
The Depository Trust Clearing Corp, the organization responsible for allocating and adjusting the share count, said it did not misallocate shares.
From Reuters • Jul. 28, 2010
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
