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Recent Examples of misallocate
But in many cases, developing an outsize fear of a rival has led the United States to misallocate government resources, lose sight of the need to nurture its own sources of strength, become distracted by peripheral threats, or even become mired in unnecessary wars.
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Jude Blanchette,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
The authors of that USC paper acknowledged that rent control is a blunt tool that can misallocate capital in housing.
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Star Tribune,
3 July 2021
Industrial policy of this sort would misallocate capital in a way that would slow the economy’s transition to a post-virus new normal.
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Glenn Hubbard,
WSJ,
8 Dec. 2020
This will drastically misallocate necessary funding for services such as public health and education, harming those most vulnerable.
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Adam Eichen,
The New Republic,
27 June 2019
LaMore, who was executive director of the organization, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah A.L. Merriam to conspiring to misallocate federal funds to pay his salary and to inflating invoices to obtain additional cash for himself.
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David Owens,
courant.com,
16 Mar. 2018
This is not a place that can afford to misallocate hundreds of millions of dollars in educational funds.
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Eric Levitz,
Daily Intelligencer,
1 Mar. 2018
Jude Blanchette,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
The authors of that USC paper acknowledged that rent control is a blunt tool that can misallocate capital in housing.
—
Star Tribune,
3 July 2021
Industrial policy of this sort would misallocate capital in a way that would slow the economy’s transition to a post-virus new normal.
—
Glenn Hubbard,
WSJ,
8 Dec. 2020
This will drastically misallocate necessary funding for services such as public health and education, harming those most vulnerable.
—
Adam Eichen,
The New Republic,
27 June 2019
LaMore, who was executive director of the organization, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah A.L. Merriam to conspiring to misallocate federal funds to pay his salary and to inflating invoices to obtain additional cash for himself.
—
David Owens,
courant.com,
16 Mar. 2018
This is not a place that can afford to misallocate hundreds of millions of dollars in educational funds.
—
Eric Levitz,
Daily Intelligencer,
1 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misallocate
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While prosecution witnesses have refused to delineate between the Lachman and Palisades blazes, Haney has repeatedly described them as two distinct incidents that ignited days apart.
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After a May debate, Smullen refused to shake his opponent's hand.
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The Iran situation has broken hearts around the world — and in Tijuana, at least, a city stepped up to offer the dignity that politics withheld.
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The names of those who perished were being withheld by authorities pending notification of relatives.
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That agreement set a 60-day period for negotiations on key issues, including the future of Tehran’s nuclear program amid concerns that Iran wants to use it for military purposes, a claim the country denies.
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Pitt's request for possible sanctions, or monetary fines, in the legal proceeding was denied, per court documents.
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Iran appeared to score in the 26th minute off a free kick, only for the goal to be disallowed after a video review determined scorer Mehdi Taremi was offside.
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Raphinha had a lovely goal disallowed for offside.
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Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez rejected those motions.
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Goldman has drawn criticism for refusing to reject support from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group.
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Fans and critics met her pivot with begrudging respect, thanks to the strength of the album’s melodies.
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But there are surely few who would begrudge Stan Wawrinka and Gaël Monfils getting big send-offs at their final French Open.
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With only a week of freedom under his belt, Cribbs said Powell is declining interviews for now, reentering the world with some trepidation.
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The Padres declined comment for this column.
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“Misallocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misallocate. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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