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mis·al·lo·cate  (ms-l-kt)
tr.v. mis·al·lo·cat·ed, mis·al·lo·cat·ing, mis·al·lo·cates
To allocate (resources or capital, for example) wrongly or inappropriately.
misal·lo·cation n.
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