Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misallocative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-al-loca-tive
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the misallocation of resources.

Example Sentences

"Since the model is fairly parsimonious, we can quantitatively assess the misallocative effects of monopsony."

Etymology

From mis- + allocative.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis

Questions

What does misallocative mean?: Of or pertaining to the misallocation of resources.
Where does misallocative come from?: From mis- + allocative.

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