Meaning

The act of mispromoting; the advertisement of something as having properties it does not have..

Definitions by Sense

1. The act of mispromoting; the advertisement of something as having properties it does not have.
2. The act of promoting someone to a position for which they are not qualified.
3. A person who has been mispromoted.

Example Sentences

Mr. Speaker, the legal theory of Brown against Topeka rejecting a denial of freedom of choice because of race has suffered mispromotion to the point that today “freedom of choice" is again illegal.

The rapid decrease in fat trim of retail beef cuts in the U.S. from 1986 (13mm) to 1988 (< 3mm) (Cross et al 1988 ) is surely an indication that institutionalised "imposition" of an historic quality grading system can result in a mispromotion of product with costs of heroic proportions.

“There is a strong incentive for employees to report mispromotion or other acts that might be regarded as a false claim – whistleblowers get 15 to 30 percent of what the government collects,” he points out.

This mispromotion phenomenon has become popularly known as the Peter Principle (12).

For, still today, I continue to be amazed at how many senior executives fail fully to realize the potentially ruinous cost of a mis-hire or mispromotion.

Every manager sitting with HR to analyze the costs of every mishire, by reviewing the total hiring file on the mis-hire or mispromotion, sees that cutting corners on Topgrading methods is foolish because it is so costly.

The other three-fourths (the B- and C-Players) become mishires and mispromotions.

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