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misdistribute

misdistribute verb: to distribute incorrectly or unfairly.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To distribute incorrectly or unfairly.
    • Like Tanner he is an orator, an outsider, a rebel against the existing political and social order, who believes that society misdistributes wealth horribly.1991, John Anthony Bertolini, The playwrighting self of Bernard Shaw, page 44
    • 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.2009, Steven Rosefielde, Red Holocaust, page 240

Forms of misdistribute

third-person singular presentmisdistributes
present participlemisdistributing
past participlemisdistributed
pastmisdistributed

Origin of misdistribute

From mis- + distribute.

Questions about misdistribute

What does misdistribute mean?
Misdistribute means to distribute incorrectly or unfairly.
What part of speech is misdistribute?
Misdistribute is a verb.
What is the past tense of misdistribute?
The past tense of misdistribute is misdistributed.

Words near misdistribute in the dictionary

  1. misdispositions
  2. misdistinguish
  3. misdistinguished
  4. misdistinguishes
  5. misdistinguishing
  6. misdistribute
  7. misdistributed
  8. misdistributes
  9. misdistributing
  10. misdistribution
  11. misdistributions

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