misallocated

verb

Definition of misallocatednext
past tense of misallocate
as in withheld

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  1. withheld
  2. disallowed
  3. denied
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  • Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter, but his case was abruptly dismissed in July over allegations that prosecutors withheld evidence.
    Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
  • College students have been suspended or had their degrees withheld.
    Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of withheld
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  • After his Fenerbahçe side had a goal disallowed for offside against Antalyaspor, the ‘Special One’ placed his laptop in front of a TV camera, apparently to demonstrate that Edin Dzeko’s strike had been wrongly ruled out by the video assistant referee (VAR).
    George Ramsay, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
  • In the fallout, the NCAA adopted rules changes that forbid coaches from donating to the Pumps’ charitable foundation and disallowed the brothers from running their profitable coaching and athletics executive search firm while also coaching AAU.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of disallowed
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  • The move comes after a Benton County circuit judge denied a preliminary injunction last month in Highfill’s lawsuit attempting to stop the airport from deannexing from the city.
    Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Some Zionists have denied the existence of a Palestinian people and the right to self-determination of Palestinians.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of denied
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misallocate

misallocated

misallocates

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“Misallocated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misallocated. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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