as in to refuse
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Recent Examples of misallocate
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.
—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
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The surviving victim of the shooting initially provided some information to police, but after recovering from his injuries denied any knowledge of who shot him and refused to cooperate, authorities said.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Vice President Kamala Harris refused to accept any responsibility for the inflation that has devastated the middle-class and lower-income groups.Richard Stacy, The Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2024
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Lauren Hynek, Elizabeth Martin and Julia Miranda’s screenplay withholds the cause of the parental transformation until quite close to the end — a smart choice that puts viewers in the throes of action from the first song, which Zegler belts with typical panache.Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
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During his first term, Trump attempted to withhold funding from sanctuary cities by signing an executive order that cut funding to them, but it was blocked by federal courts.Alia Shoaib, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Motions by Yandell and Sylvester to overturn their guilty verdicts were denied by a federal judge this month and they’re set to be sentenced on Dec. 18, records show.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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The insurers denied the accusations and convinced a judge to dismiss the suits on technical grounds.Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2024
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Digital Forensics Digital forensics lags in the adoption of AI due to strict requirements that disallow the use of the internet on investigators’ computers.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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After his Fenerbahçe side had a goal disallowed for offside against Antalyaspor, the ‘Special One’ placed his laptop in front of a TV camera, apparently to demonstrate that Edin Dzeko’s strike had been wrongly ruled out by the video assistant referee (VAR).George Ramsay, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
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The whistleblower lawsuit, however, was allowed to move forward after the Texas Supreme Court rejected Paxton's appeal to kill the suit after his impeachment trial.Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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However, the judge rejected James’ claim in the lawsuit that alleged SiriusXM had engaged in fraud and deception by misleading subscribers seeking to cancel their accounts.Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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So a moment of respect amid a 90-minute match is hardly begrudging the 38-year-old anything.Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
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But still, would anyone begrudge him a little Schadenfreude?Jack King, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2024
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In the third quarter the negative trend in APAC mitigated, declining 3 percent, with a clear improvement compared to the previous three months, mainly driven by acceleration outside Greater China and South Korea.Luisa Zargani, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024
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The other side: The Nooksack Tribal Council declined to comment this week, but justified the evictions in a statement released this month by asserting its sovereign right to govern housing on tribal lands and to prioritize the needs of its current members.Christine Clarridge, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Misallocate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misallocate. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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