malinvestment en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- English investment English malinvestment From mal- + investment.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An incorrect or unwise investment.
Action by R. B. Carman against the executors of the will of John Wightman to recover the amount due upon a mortgage, and counterclaim by defendants against R. B. Carman, James Leitch, and R. A. Pringle, for malinvestment of funds, etc.
1907, The Ontario Weekly Reporter and Index-digest, volume 8, page 572:It is painful for the owners of malinvestments but fast and efficient.
2014, Philipp Bagus, In Defense of Deflation, page 77:Even if market participants realize that price signals may be distorted, they have no good way to know what the undistorted set of prices would be, so malinvestment takes place during the boom phase of the business cycle.
2014, Randal G Holcombe, Advanced Introduction to the Austrian School of Economics, page 92:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| malinvestments | Number=Plur | lexicographic |