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
  • The suit alleges that ICE agents repeatedly refused to give VML's father her location and denied him the opportunity to speak for more than a minute to VML's mother.
    Alana Wise, NPR, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Listen to this article Three people were arrested and accused of assaulting a taxi cab driver in Norwalk on Thursday after allegedly refusing to pay their cab fare, including one suspect whose alleged combative behavior injured a police officer.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Trump withheld federal dollars from programs targeted in his Executive Orders, triggering lawsuits.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The president has threatened to retaliate against California by withholding federal funds if state policies conflict with his.
    George Skelton, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • An immigration judge denied her bond request Wednesday, citing her as a flight risk and danger to the community.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Citing information from an informant who officials have said is credible, the Department of Homeland Security has alleged that Abrego Garcia is a member of the MS-13 gang, a claim his family and attorneys deny.
    Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Though replays clearly showed the puck going over the line, the goal was disallowed because the whistle had blown.
    John Wawrow, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The Spaniards scored, only for the finish to be disallowed for offside.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Guo, the spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, rejected Trump’s assertions suggesting progress toward a trade deal.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Hours before the scheduled execution on Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a final appeal by Mendoza's attorneys to stop the execution.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The begrudging foster father, played by Pedro Pascal, was killed by newcomer Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) in the second episode of the show’s second season.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
  • But it would be misguided to begrudge the show its creative license, and specifically its refusal to fixate on the bureaucratic nightmare that is being gravely ill in America, when so many of its enormous swings connect.
    Judy Berman, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • County officials declined to comment on the civil lawsuit.
    USA Today, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The hospital declined to say whether Ikner was one of their patients.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025

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“Misallocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misallocate. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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