misallocated

past tense of misallocate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for misallocated
Verb
  • The male driver’s identity is being withheld pending identification by the coroner’s office and notification of family.
    John Aguilar, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Several Bay Area Democrats withheld support, including Assembly members Diane Papan of San Mateo, Liz Ortega of Hayward and Josh Becker of Menlo Park.
    Kate Talerico, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Presumably, all of Moore's clients were audited, had these phantom losses disallowed, and ended up paying the harsh 40% penalty for lack of economic substance.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Video refereeing was used 39 times on the first day of the season, with one red card being corrected and three goals disallowed for offside.
    Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Her lawsuit denied the charges but did not provide more details.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The doctor spent more than 1,300 days incarcerated while repeatedly denied bail.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • She was discovered by a photographer in the lobby of a modeling agency that had just rejected her.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Neither Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin nor the camp representing star forward Kirill Kaprizov are saying much after the team’s potentially history-making first contract offer was reportedly rejected.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But the friendship fell apart earlier this year when Farage refused to echo Musk’s support for Robinson, the founder of the now-defunct anti-immigration English Defence League (EDL), who was previously jailed for being in contempt of court by repeating false accusations about a Syrian refugee.
    Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
  • After handling raw chicken, an employee refused to wash his hands in the handwashing sink, instead of the prep sink.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
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“Misallocated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misallocated. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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