misprioritize

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ prioritize.

Verb

misprioritize (third-person singular simple present misprioritizes, present participle misprioritizing, simple past and past participle misprioritized)

1. To prioritize inappropriately.
   • 2009, Alan E. Nelson, The Power of a New Attitude, page 80:

     Why do we misprioritize when it is self-defeating?

   • 2011, Harold Evensky, Stephen M. Horan, Thomas R. Robinson, The New Wealth Management, page 40:

     For example, simply due to lack of knowledge, many clients misprioritize their risk management.

   • 2017, Daniel P. Mears, Out-of-Control Criminal Justice, page 46:

     It leads us as well to attend to “squeaky wheels” and, more generally, to misprioritize problems.