misallocatev.

Brit.

/ˌmɪsˈaləkeɪt/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsˈæləˌkeɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, allocate v.

Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + allocate v. Compare slightly earlier misallocation n.

transitive. To allocate wrongly; to cause (funds, resources, etc.) to be incorrectly, improperly, or inefficiently directed or distributed.

ΚΠ

1943 Rev. Econ. Statistics 25 37/2 Investible funds are misallocated, because the self-financing corporation avoids the probing by the capital market.

1954 Amer. Econ. Rev. 44 321 Except as far as rates influence demand for labor, it is incorrect to say that unions misallocate labor.

1970 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 76 303 We may misallocate our research effort by assuming that phenomena of past significance are still important.

1987 Science 13 Nov. 953/3 Moving averages result from measurement error, as when extinctions are misallocated or fractionally allocated to two adjacent stages.

1995 Economist 13 May 122 Uncertainty about future prices..will affect decisions about spending, saving and investment, causing resources to be misallocated.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	misallocate
释义	misallocatev. Brit. /ˌmɪsˈaləkeɪt/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈæləˌkeɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, allocate v. Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + allocate v. Compare slightly earlier misallocation n. transitive. To allocate wrongly; to cause (funds, resources, etc.) to be incorrectly, improperly, or inefficiently directed or distributed. ΚΠ 1943 Rev. Econ. Statistics 25 37/2 Investible funds are misallocated, because the self-financing corporation avoids the probing by the capital market. 1954 Amer. Econ. Rev. 44 321 Except as far as rates influence demand for labor, it is incorrect to say that unions misallocate labor. 1970 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 76 303 We may misallocate our research effort by assuming that phenomena of past significance are still important. 1987 Science 13 Nov. 953/3 Moving averages result from measurement error, as when extinctions are misallocated or fractionally allocated to two adjacent stages. 1995 Economist 13 May 122 Uncertainty about future prices..will affect decisions about spending, saving and investment, causing resources to be misallocated. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1943
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