Misallocative

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the misallocation of resources. not-comparable, uncommon

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

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

Etymology

From mis- + allocative.

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