How to Use misallocation in a Sentence

misallocation

noun

• And there’s a lot of misallocation that goes on in this process.
  — Eric Johnson, Recode, 7 Nov. 2018
• At the heart of this is misallocation.
  — Gus Bartholomew, Sourcing Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
• For those of us well past that mark, rage feels futile, like a misallocation of energy.
  — Charles Blow, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
• With the passage of Obamacare, the misallocation got even worse.
  — John C. Goodman, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
• Is that some kind of weird misallocation of public affection and regard for the icons involved?
  — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 14 Feb. 2018
• Sulton said the agency does not suspect foul play regarding the misallocation.
  — Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
• But hell doesn’t have as many circles of dysfunction, and the root cause is the political misallocation of resources.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 July 2017
• This has produced a world trade imbalance through the misallocation of capital and savings.
  — WSJ, 2 Apr. 2018
• This misallocation of resources can lead to employee and investor backlash.
  — Joe Fitzgerald, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• Both for its vagueness and also its misallocation of resources, Democrats were right to reject the law solely on that provision.
  — Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 7 May 2025
• Raising taxes on business only makes that misallocation worse.
  — Casey B. Mulligan, National Review, 21 Oct. 2020
• In Florida, where only 57% of third-graders can read at grade level, that misallocation is hard to defend.
  — Jacob Crainic, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026
• This perverse misallocation of resources does lead to some morbidly funny outcomes.
  — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 2 Mar. 2021
• Paying out while the brands underperform is a misallocation of capital.
  — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
• So there is naturally going to be a misallocation of capital away from companies that may need financing.
  — Sean-Michael Pigeon, National Review, 2 Aug. 2021
• The bigger problem is misallocation in the US physician workforce, Coffman told me last year.
  — Dylan Scott, Vox, 19 July 2024
• Regarding the new bill, a spokesperson for the company dismissed the legislation as a misallocation of time and resources.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2023
• While the state pours in money to support China's tech ambitions, there are not always the guardrails and market forces to prevent widespread misallocation.
  — Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 12 June 2026
• While the state pours in money to support China's tech ambitions, there are not always the guardrails and market forces to prevent widespread misallocation.
  — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 15 June 2026
• In addition to the misallocation of equipment, Toft said this switch in port strategy could create congestion at some ports, which would impact the supply chain.
  — Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
• Moving away from the capital misallocation and intrusive regulation that comes with carbon-paring would boost growth.
  — The Editors, National Review, 27 Jan. 2025
• This means our amenities come with strings attached and harmful consequences, like misallocation of money or neglect of poorer communities.
  — Jillian Steinhauer, The New Republic, 22 Aug. 2022
• To end the misallocation of resources caused by small-business cronyism, public policy should be guided by the principle of size neutrality.
  — Robert D. Atkinson, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2018
• Not all companies do or will disclose without a mandatory framework, raising the cost, or resulting in the misallocation, of capital.
  — Benjamin Zycher, National Review, 21 Apr. 2021
• The consequence, in his telling, is not stability but permanent misallocation.
  — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026
• More important, though, this misallocation of resources will hurt everyday Americans who buy stocks such as Nikola.
  — Sean-Michael Pigeon, National Review, 2 Aug. 2021
• Conflating the two leads to misinterpretation of trends and misallocation of resources.
  — Jennifer E. O'Brien, The Conversation, 1 June 2026
• But forcing insurance companies to pay up to 20 times the retail rate for tests creates a sizable moral hazard problem and misallocation of resources that should not be ignored.
  — Cameron Kaplan, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2022
• Traveling vigilantly, only to arrive at someone’s home and act as though there is no pandemic is a serious misallocation of anxiety.
  — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2020
• Where Influence Really Lives Based on these insights, the risk of misallocation comes into play.
  — Rebecca Brooks, Forbes.com, 18 Feb. 2026