Word.ws English Dictionary

misallocation

misallocation noun: an improper or unwise allocation, especially of money.

Noun

misallocation (plural misallocations)

  1. An improper or unwise allocation, especially of money.
    • When the bulk of a bank's assets can be traded, relying on historical acquisition costs distorts reality and leads to capital misallocation.2009 January 6, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Martin Hutchinson, “Rebuilding the S.E.C.”, in New York Times

Forms of misallocation

pluralmisallocations

Origin of misallocation

From mis- + allocation.

Questions about misallocation

What does misallocation mean?
Misallocation means an improper or unwise allocation, especially of money.
What part of speech is misallocation?
Misallocation is a noun.
What is the plural of misallocation?
The plural of misallocation is misallocations.

Words near misallocation in the dictionary

  1. misallies
  2. misallocate
  3. misallocated
  4. misallocates
  5. misallocating
  6. misallocation
  7. misallocations
  8. misallocative
  9. misallot
  10. misallotment
  11. misallotments

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: misallocation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “misallocation.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/misallocation. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.