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misprioritize

verb

Etymology

From mis- + prioritize.

  1. derived from priōritās
  2. derived from priorite
  3. formed as prioritize — “priority + -ize”
  4. prefixed as misprioritize — “mis + prioritize”

Definitions

  1. To prioritize inappropriately.

    • Why do we misprioritize when it is self-defeating?
    • For example, simply due to lack of knowledge, many clients misprioritize their risk management.
    • It leads us as well to attend to “squeaky wheels” and, more generally, to misprioritize problems.

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