mispromotion

Noun

mispromotion (countable and uncountable, plural mispromotions)

1. The act of mispromoting; the advertisement of something as having properties it does not have.
   • Mr. Speaker, the legal theory of Brown against Topeka rejecting a denial of freedom of choice because of race has suffered mispromotion to the point that today “freedom of choice" is again illegal.1969 March 3, John R. Rarick, Congressional Record, page 4998
   • The rapid decrease in fat trim of retail beef cuts in the U.S. from 1986 (13mm) to 1988 (< 3mm) (Cross et al 1988 ) is surely an indication that institutionalised "imposition" of an historic quality grading system can result in a mispromotion of product with costs of heroic proportions.1995, Proceedings: Linking science and technology to societal benefits, page 205
2. The act of promoting someone to a position for which they are not qualified.
   • This mispromotion phenomenon has become popularly known as the Peter Principle (12).1978, Thomas J. Atchison, Winston W. Hill, Management Today: Managing Work in Organizations, page 146
   • For, still today, I continue to be amazed at how many senior executives fail fully to realize the potentially ruinous cost of a mis-hire or mispromotion.1991, John Wareham, The Anatomy of a Great Executive, page 5
3. A person who has been mispromoted.
   • The other three-fourths (the B- and C-Players) become mishires and mispromotions.2009, Chris Lauer, The Management Gurus