misallocate
verb[T]
uk/mɪsˈæl.ə.keɪt/us/mɪsˈæl.ə.keɪt/tosharethings betweenpeopleorgroupsbadly,wrongly, or in a way that was notintended:
Thecompanymisallocateditsresourcesbyinvestingin aseriesofill-advisedprojects.
Any misallocatedfundsmust berepaidto theschool.
- Thecharityhas just threemonthstoidentifyandrepaythefundsit has misallocated.
- Thedirectorshave misallocatedcashwhich should have beenpaidinto the company'spensionfund.
- Monopoliestendto beeconomicallyinefficientand misallocateresources.
Sharing
- allocate
- allocation
- allot
- allotment
- allotted
- corporate
- distribute
- distribution
- divide/split(something)down the middleidiom
- divvy
- Dutch
- joint
- mate
- rationsomethingout
- redistribute
- redistribution
- serve out
- share and share alikeidiom
- split
- spread