misdistribute

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English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ distribute.

Verb

misdistribute (third-person singular simple present misdistributes, present participle misdistributing, simple past and past participle misdistributed)

  1. (transitive) To distribute incorrectly or unfairly.
    • 1991, John Anthony Bertolini, The playwrighting self of Bernard Shaw, page 44:
      Like Tanner he is an orator, an outsider, a rebel against the existing political and social order, who believes that society misdistributes wealth horribly.
    • 2009, Steven Rosefielde, Red Holocaust, page 240:
      It misdesigned goods, adversely selected technologies, misallocated and misremunerated factors of production, encouraged work to rule, underproduced, misdistributed outputs and was subject to a myriad of moral hazards.
    • 2013, Steven Rosefielde, Asian Economic Systems, page 182:
      Despite Japan's well deserved reputation for high quality export products, its economic system misallocates factors, under-produces, overworks, misdistributes and mistransfers goods and services.