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单词 misexpenditure
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misexpendituren.

Brit. /ˌmɪsᵻkˈspɛndᵻtʃə/, /ˌmɪsɛkˈspɛndᵻtʃə/, U.S. /ˌmɪsɪkˈspɛndətʃər/, /ˌmɪsɛkˈspɛndətʃər/, /ˌmɪsɪkˈspɛndəˌtʃʊ(ə)r/, /ˌmɪsɛkˈspɛndəˌtʃʊ(ə)r/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, expenditure n.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + expenditure n. Compare earlier misexpense n., misexpending n.
Wrong or improper expenditure; an instance of this.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > wrong expenditure (of time, money, etc.)
misspendingc1390
misdispense1450
misspense1591
misexpense1605
misexpendinga1644
dispendium1648
misexpenditure1795
1795 A. Hamilton in Daily Advertiser (N.Y.) 20 Nov. (Suppl.) 5/3 A misexpenditure of so much money.
1846 Littell's Living Age 3 Jan. 53/1 See the evils of war, in the misexpenditure of public money [etc.].
1914 Amer. Econ. Rev. 4 426 The individual's mis-expenditures and indulgences.
1990 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 85 851/2 It is a direct response to the federal interest in controlling misexpenditures of federal funds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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