Synonyms of misallocate

misallocate

verb

as in to refuse

Related Words

• refuse
• withhold
• deprive (of)
• deny
• disallow
• reject
• begrudge
• decline
• skimp
• stint
• niggle (out)
• pinch

Dissimilar Words

• allocate
• portion
• deal (out)
• distribute
• dispense
• apportion
• administer
• hand out
• prorate
• proportion
• parcel (out)
• mete (out)
• measure (out)
• share (out)
• divide
• redistribute
• lot
• allow
• set
• assign
• split
• appropriate
• dole out
• provide
• supply
• ration
• part
• allot
• furnish
• share
• issue
• disburse
• bestow
• divvy (up)
• dish out
• admeasure
• dollop (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of misallocate

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