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mispromotions

mispromotions is the plural of mispromotion.

Meaning of 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
  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
  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

Questions about mispromotions

What is mispromotions the plural of?
Mispromotions is the plural of mispromotion.

Words near mispromotions in the dictionary

  1. mispromote
  2. mispromoted
  3. mispromotes
  4. mispromoting
  5. mispromotion
  6. mispromotions
  7. mispronoun
  8. mispronounce
  9. mispronounced
  10. mispronouncement
  11. mispronouncements

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