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misallocations

misallocations is the plural of misallocation.

Meaning of misallocation

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

Questions about misallocations

What is misallocations the plural of?
Misallocations is the plural of misallocation.

Words near misallocations in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misallocations (page history and authors); 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.

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