misallocate

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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. 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 Without collaboration, companies may fail to fully consider partner capabilities and incentives in investments and so may misallocate resources. Daniel Pellathy and Ted Stank, WSJ, 9 July 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
Verb
  • Agencies refused to release Neal’s autopsy and the Florida Highway Patrol’s report of the crash, and the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s Office had declined to comment on whether further charges are pending.
    Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
  • While many rideshare companies refuse to pay affiliate commissions, Obi has built a parallel revenue stream via a data business selling anonymized, aggregated insights.
    Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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  • The administration sued Texas and Kentucky for similar statutes, enforcing executive orders directing agencies to withhold benefits from undocumented immigrants and to challenge state laws that provide such benefits.
    Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The remains of another adult woman were also identified, but her name is being withheld at the request of family members.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The goal of Gastineau’s memorandum is to convince U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, who is presiding over the case, to deny the motion to dismiss and advance the case into pretrial discovery.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • That's also when Chmura denied the prosecution's motion to exclude evidence, specifically the 0.198 blood-alcohol level of the driver of the Durango, Hayden, which is more than twice the legal limit for a driver in Michigan.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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  • Most recently, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act disallows pending ERC claims submitted after January 31, 2024, for the third and fourth quarter of 2021.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The governor’s budget proposal tried to address the ballooning expenditures by pausing Medi-Cal enrollment for undocumented immigrants, adding premiums for that population, and disallowing coverage for certain drugs, such as Ozempic, for weight loss.
    Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025
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  • After twice rejecting Trump, Nevadans ousted a Democratic governor in 2022 and helped Trump back to the White House in 2024.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Evers himself rejected Underly’s request to repeal a state law requiring teachers to pass the Foundations of Reading Test to obtain certain teaching licenses.
    Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But one wonders if John ever begrudged his brother’s surpassing him as a poet.
    Gregory Jusdanis, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Proponents of the nation’s lower-division terrain also speak of the Cosmos — arguably the most successful second-division team of the modern era, dominating the NASL from 2013 to 2017 — with a sort of begrudging respect, a lucrative Goliath that forcibly cast every opponent as that match’s David.
    Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 10 July 2025
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  • The Attorney General’s Office declined to comment on the complaint, which was filed in March 2025.
    Mary Jo Pitzl, AZCentral.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The Current declined to comment and referred all requests to the NWSL.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2025

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“Misallocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misallocate. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.

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