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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To allocate (resources or capital, for example) wrongly or inappropriately.

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  • verb transitive To allocate incorrectly or inappropriately.

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mis- +‎ allocate

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